Articles tagged with back

Wed, May 23, 2012

Wisconsin girl injured by stray arrow in her back

By Brendan O'Brien

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Police in Wisconsin said on Wednesday that are puzzled about how a 7-year-old girl was shot in the ...

Wed, May 23, 2012

Egyptians back at the polls to pick president

By Tamim Elyan and Samia Nakhoul

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt resumes its first free presidential election on Thursday after voting passed off mostly calmly on ...

Tue, May 22, 2012

Wrestler Buff Bagwell Back 'at Home' After Terrible Car Crash — EXCLUSIVE

By Lindsey DiMattina, Hollywood.com Staff

Buff Bagwell is on the road to recovery. After flipping his car on April 23 in Georgia and ...

Tue, May 22, 2012

Nicollette Sheridan's lawyers back in court

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The blonde beauty launched a $6 million (£3.75 million) legal battle against the TV drama's creator Marc Cherry ...

Tue, May 22, 2012

'America's Got Talent' Reaction: Dial Back the Stern

By Michael Arbeiter, Hollywood.com Staff

Do you like Howard Stern? Even when he's not being vulgar and making his interviewees uncomfortable? If ...

Tue, May 22, 2012

Golden State Warriors moving back to San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Golden State Warriors will return to San Francisco, where the National Basketball Association franchise's owners plan to build a ...

Tue, May 22, 2012

Afghans back Chicago deal, warn West to keep promises

By Mirwais Harooni and Rob Taylor

KABUL (Reuters) - People in Afghanistan were surprisingly optimistic on Tuesday about NATO's plan to pull combat troops ...

Mon, May 21, 2012

Ortiz blast helps extend Boston's hot streak

(Reuters) - David Ortiz sparked a dramatic comeback with a sixth-inning home run to help the Boston Red Sox beat the first-place Baltimore Orioles 8-6 ...

Mon, May 21, 2012

'America's Got Talent' Reaction: Dial Back the Stern

By Michael Arbeiter, Hollywood.com Staff

Do you like Howard Stern? Even when he's not being vulgar and making his interviewees uncomfortable? If ...

Fri, May 18, 2012

MF Global to get $168 million back from JPMorgan

By Nick Brown

NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co , under scrutiny for its ties to collapsed commodities firm MF Global, will return $168 million to the estate of MF's broker-dealer, the estate's trustee announced on Friday.

James Giddens, tasked with winding down the estate and recovering as much money as possible for its trader clients who lost money when the firm went bust, said JPMorgan will return "excess collateral" that was held in its estate when the bankruptcy began.

Giddens said the returned funds will help with get money back to customers, but is separate from ongoing discussions with JPMorgan over potential legal claims from Giddens that the bank could be holding customer money.

MF Global declared bankruptcy on October 31. Commodity traders with personal accounts lost millions of dollars when, according to Giddens, the firm improperly used client money to cover corporate transactions as the firm sank.

Giddens has said customer accounts could be short about $1.6 billion.

JPMorgan has retained a security interest in the returned collateral so it can seek to recover it if certain allegedly secured positions in MF Global's capital structure turn out to be uncollateralized, according to Giddens' statement.

JPMorgan was the lead lender on MF Global's $1.2 billion loan, and was also one of its primary clearing banks. Customer advocates, primarily Commodity Customer Coalition leader James Koutoulas, have expressed suspicion that customer money could be at JPMorgan.

A spokeswoman for the bank declined to comment.

KOUTOULAS DEEMED 'FRIVOLOUS'

Separately on Friday, Koutoulas was rebuked by a judge for filing "frivolous" court papers attacking the mounting fees of Louis Freeh, the trustee unwinding the MF Global parent company.

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Martin Glenn rejected arguments from Koutoulas that Freeh should not be allowed to extend a Friday deadline to file financial data about the company. Koutoulas had argued the postponement would allow Freeh, a former FBI director, to rack up unreasonable fees.

Glenn stopped short of granting a request by Freeh's attorney, Brett Miller, to sanction Koutoulas, but warned he may impose such punishments for future frivolous acts.

"Be fair warned," Glenn told Koutoulas, a fund manager and lawyer who has assumed the de facto role of representing MF Global's former customers.

Miller said Freeh planned to file the bulk of the data that sparked the controversy, which lays out information on MF Global's debts, assets, transactional history and personnel, later on Friday.

Koutoulas' fight began when Freeh estimated this week that professionals in MF Global's bankruptcy have accrued nearly $25 million in fees. Freeh's report did not say how much of that figure was accrued by Freeh and his lawyers.

Freeh, who has not yet submitted formal compensation requests, would be paid from money he ultimately recovers on behalf of the MF estate through litigation and other means.

Freeh separately asked the court to extend by one month a Friday deadline to file financial data about the company's debts, assets, transaction history and personnel.

Koutoulas objected that Freeh, who had been granted five similar extensions in the past, acted in bad faith by drawing out his work while continuing to rake in fees.

In bankruptcy, legal fees are paid before other creditor claims, meaning each dollar Freeh accrues is a dollar taken away from creditors, Koutoulas said.

Glenn, though, said Koutoulas did not back up his "bad faith" claims with evidence that Freeh actually had an impure motive for seeking the extension.

There is also the question of whether customers would be eligible to be paid back from money recovered by Freeh. Money he recovers is designed to pay back creditors of MF Global's parent estate, not customers of its broker-dealer unit.

Koutoulas said after the hearing that his group, the Commodity Customer Coalition, will soon file a motion seeking to convert MF Global's bankruptcy from a Chapter 11 to a more streamlined liquidation, known as Chapter 7. The move, he says, would save the estate money.

In Chapter 7, a bankrupt estate is put in the hands of a trustee whose job is to sell assets as quickly as possible and distribute money to creditors.

Koutoulas said he initially planned to make the request at Friday's hearing but after being called "frivolous," the moment didn't seem right.

"The plan was to get that into today's hearing, but I ended up having to be a little more defensive than I thought," he said.

The case is In re MF Global Holdings Ltd, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York, No. 11-15059.

(Reporting By Nick Brown; Editing by Martha Graybow, Jeffrey Benkoe and David Gregorio)

Fri, May 18, 2012

MF Global to get $168 million back from JPMorgan

By Nick Brown

NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co , under scrutiny for its ties to collapsed commodities firm MF Global, will return $168 million to the estate of MF's broker-dealer, the estate's trustee announced on Friday.

James Giddens, tasked with winding down the estate and recovering as much money as possible for its trader clients who lost money when the firm went bust, said JPMorgan will return "excess collateral" that was held in its estate when the bankruptcy began.

Giddens said the returned funds will help with get money back to customers, but is separate from ongoing discussions with JPMorgan over potential legal claims from Giddens that the bank could be holding customer money.

MF Global declared bankruptcy on October 31. Commodity traders with personal accounts lost millions of dollars when, according to Giddens, the firm improperly used client money to cover corporate transactions as the firm sank.

Giddens has said customer accounts could be short about $1.6 billion.

JPMorgan has retained a security interest in the returned collateral so it can seek to recover it if certain allegedly secured positions in MF Global's capital structure turn out to be uncollateralized, according to Giddens' statement.

JPMorgan was the lead lender on MF Global's $1.2 billion loan, and was also one of its primary clearing banks. Customer advocates, primarily Commodity Customer Coalition leader James Koutoulas, have expressed suspicion that customer money could be at JPMorgan.

A spokeswoman for the bank declined to comment.

KOUTOULAS DEEMED 'FRIVOLOUS'

Separately on Friday, Koutoulas was rebuked by a judge for filing "frivolous" court papers attacking the mounting fees of Louis Freeh, the trustee unwinding the MF Global parent company.

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Martin Glenn rejected arguments from Koutoulas that Freeh should not be allowed to extend a Friday deadline to file financial data about the company. Koutoulas had argued the postponement would allow Freeh, a former FBI director, to rack up unreasonable fees.

Glenn stopped short of granting a request by Freeh's attorney, Brett Miller, to sanction Koutoulas, but warned he may impose such punishments for future frivolous acts.

"Be fair warned," Glenn told Koutoulas, a fund manager and lawyer who has assumed the de facto role of representing MF Global's former customers.

Miller said Freeh planned to file the bulk of the data that sparked the controversy, which lays out information on MF Global's debts, assets, transactional history and personnel, later on Friday.

Koutoulas' fight began when Freeh estimated this week that professionals in MF Global's bankruptcy have accrued nearly $25 million in fees. Freeh's report did not say how much of that figure was accrued by Freeh and his lawyers.

Freeh, who has not yet submitted formal compensation requests, would be paid from money he ultimately recovers on behalf of the MF estate through litigation and other means.

Freeh separately asked the court to extend by one month a Friday deadline to file financial data about the company's debts, assets, transaction history and personnel.

Koutoulas objected that Freeh, who had been granted five similar extensions in the past, acted in bad faith by drawing out his work while continuing to rake in fees.

In bankruptcy, legal fees are paid before other creditor claims, meaning each dollar Freeh accrues is a dollar taken away from creditors, Koutoulas said.

Glenn, though, said Koutoulas did not back up his "bad faith" claims with evidence that Freeh actually had an impure motive for seeking the extension.

There is also the question of whether customers would be eligible to be paid back from money recovered by Freeh. Money he recovers is designed to pay back creditors of MF Global's parent estate, not customers of its broker-dealer unit.

Koutoulas said after the hearing that his group, the Commodity Customer Coalition, will soon file a motion seeking to convert MF Global's bankruptcy from a Chapter 11 to a more streamlined liquidation, known as Chapter 7. The move, he says, would save the estate money.

In Chapter 7, a bankrupt estate is put in the hands of a trustee whose job is to sell assets as quickly as possible and distribute money to creditors.

Koutoulas said he initially planned to make the request at Friday's hearing but after being called "frivolous," the moment didn't seem right.

"The plan was to get that into today's hearing, but I ended up having to be a little more defensive than I thought," he said.

The case is In re MF Global Holdings Ltd, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York, No. 11-15059.

(Reporting By Nick Brown; Editing by Martha Graybow, Jeffrey Benkoe and David Gregorio)

Fri, May 18, 2012

Yahoo clears a hurdle, sells Alibaba stake for $7.1 billion

By Melanie Lee and Soyoung Kim

SHANGHAI/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc will sell as much as half of its 40 percent stake in ...

Fri, May 18, 2012

World leaders back Greece, vow to combat financial turmoil

By Jeff Mason and Laura MacInnis

CAMP DAVID, Maryland (Reuters) - World leaders backed keeping Greece in the euro zone on Saturday and vowed to ...

Thu, May 17, 2012

Thunder close out Lakers, Sixers on brink

(Reuters) - Oklahoma City plunged the final dagger into the Los Angeles Lakers with a 106-90 rout that sent them to their second consecutive NBA ...

Thu, May 17, 2012

Facebook's Saverin fires back at tax-dodge critics

By Kevin Drawbaugh

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, under fire over the tax consequences of renouncing his U.S. citizenship, said on Thursday ...

Wed, May 16, 2012

Britney is back - and so are the brickbats

By Jill Serjeant

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Britney Spears hasn't even taken her seat as the new judge of "The X Factor," but the ...

Wed, May 16, 2012

Back pain tends to improve quickly, not completely

By Amy Norton

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Lower back pain often fades fairly quickly, but it may stubbornly linger to some extent for months ...

Tue, May 15, 2012

Foreclosed Americans find way back to homeownership

By Jilian Mincer

NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Jennifer Anderson's family could no longer afford their mortgage and lost their home, she expected many ...

Mon, May 14, 2012

Paul hopes to influence Republican agenda at convention

By Deborah Charles

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ron Paul knows he cannot win the Republican presidential nomination so he's looking for the next best thing ...

Mon, May 14, 2012

Kwok graft case back in spotlight in Hong Kong

By Alex Frew McMillan

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Sun Hung Kai Properties <0016.HK> board member Thomas Chan had his bail extended on Monday, according to a ...

Mon, May 14, 2012

Poll shows Greece electing pro-bailout government

By Harry Papachristou and Peter Graff

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek voters are returning to the establishment parties that negotiated its bailout, a poll showed on ...

Sun, May 13, 2012

Donald Trump vs. Rosie O'Donnell: The Feud is Back On

By Margaret Hartmann, Hollywood.com Staff

This week Cher criticized presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Twitter, then deleted her tweet. Donald Trump responded by ...

Sun, May 13, 2012

Aussie actor David Gulpilil back in court

From WENN.com

The Crocodile Dundee star, who also appeared in Baz Luhrmann's Australia, was convicted of aggravated assault last year (11) for ...

Sun, May 13, 2012

Tom Hanks and Michael Douglas back new veterans campaign

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Alec Baldwin and Sarah Jessica Parker have also signed up to film a series of public service announcements (PSA) as part ...

Sun, May 13, 2012

Howard Stern Fires Back at the PTC, 'American Idol'

By Aly Semigran, Hollywood.com Staff

Attention: Howard Stern has said something that will probably upset other people. The controversial media figure and new ...

Sun, May 13, 2012

FBI probes JPMorgan, shareholders back Dimon

By David Henry

TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - The FBI has opened an inquiry into the multibillion-dollar trading losses at JPMorgan Chase, stepping up pressure on ...

Sun, May 13, 2012

Kwok graft case back in spotlight in Hong Kong

By Alex Frew McMillan

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Sun Hung Kai Properties <0016.HK> board member Thomas Chan is set to return for bail renewal at Hong ...

Sun, May 13, 2012

Ailing Nokia falls back on patents legacy

By Tarmo Virki, European Technology Correspondent

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Desperate for cash to tide it over until sales ramp up of new products, Nokia Oyj ...

Sat, May 12, 2012

San Antonio voters back big bond issue

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - San Antonio voters on Saturday approved $596 million in new municipal debt for the city, part of $1 ...

Fri, May 11, 2012

Grizzlies claw back Clippers, tie series at 3-3

(Reuters) - The Memphis Grizzlies staved off playoff elimination by beating the injury-hit Los Angeles Clippers 90-88 on the road in Game Six on Friday ...

Thu, May 10, 2012

Mother wins back permanent custody of obese Ohio boy

By Kim Palmer

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - An Ohio juvenile court judge removed a protective order on Thursday in the case of a third-grader who was ...

Thu, May 10, 2012

Southwest Airlines online system back up

(Reuters) - Southwest Airlines said its online check-in system was back up and running after it suffered an outage earlier on Thursday. No flights were ...

Thu, May 10, 2012

Tom Hanks and Michael Douglas back new veterans campaign

From WENN.com

Alec Baldwin and Sarah Jessica Parker have also signed up to film a series of public service announcements (PSA) as part ...

Thu, May 10, 2012

John Travolta's attorney fires back at second 'absurd' lawsuit

From WENN.com

Reports emerged on Monday (07May12), suggesting the Grease star, who is married to actress Kelly Preston, had been slapped with legal ...

Wed, May 09, 2012

John Travolta's attorney fires back at second 'absurd' lawsuit

From WENN.com

Reports emerged on Monday (07May12), suggesting the Grease star, who is married to actress Kelly Preston, had been slapped with legal ...

Wed, May 09, 2012

Pitbull's 'Men in Black 3' Song 'Back in Time' Revealed

By Matt Patches, Hollywood.com Staff

Last week, it was revealed that the upcoming Men in Black 3 would shake up tradition and not ...

Wed, May 09, 2012

Obama walks fine line in bashing Romney, courting Wall Street

By Patricia Zengerle

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For President Barack Obama's re-election team, it's sort of like threading a needle.

While trying to define ...

Wed, May 09, 2012

U.S. FDA advisers back Pfizer arthritis drug

By Anna Yukhananov

SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc won support from a U.S. advisory panel on Wednesday for its arthritis drug, which ...

Wed, May 09, 2012

U.S. drops plan to close rural post offices

By Lily Kuo and Emily Stephenson

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Postal Service said on Wednesday that it is abandoning for now its plan ...

Tue, May 08, 2012

Pitbull's 'Men in Black 3' Song 'Back in Time' Revealed

By Matt Patches, Hollywood.com Staff

Last week, it was revealed that the upcoming Men in Black 3 would shake up tradition and not ...

Tue, May 08, 2012

John Travolta's reps fire back at 'baseless' sexual battery lawsuit

From WENN.com

The plaintiff, identified only as John Doe, claims the Grease star touched his genitals and offered up a sexual proposition after ...

Mon, May 07, 2012

Bills sign running back Jackson to two-year deal

(Reuters) - The Buffalo Bills have signed top running back Fred Jackson to a contract extension, the National Football League (NFL) team said on Monday ...

Sun, May 06, 2012

Kate Upton's Sexy 'Cat Daddy' Back on YouTube: What's It Take to Get Banned

By Margaret Hartmann, Hollywood.com Staff

Exactly what percentage of your private area has to be covered in order to make it past YouTube ...

Sun, May 06, 2012

Ashton Kutcher's ad bosses hit back at racism allegations

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The actor appears in a new promo for PopChips and he transforms into a number of outrageous and eligible bachelors looking ...

Sun, May 06, 2012

Sarkozy indicates stepping back from politics

By Daniel Flynn

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy indicated on Sunday he would step down from political leadership after accepting responsibility for his ...

Sat, May 05, 2012

Kate Upton's Sexy 'Cat Daddy' Back on YouTube: What's It Take to Get Banned

By Margaret Hartmann, Hollywood.com Staff

Exactly what percentage of your private area has to be covered in order to make it past YouTube ...

Sat, May 05, 2012

Ashton Kutcher's ad bosses hit back at racism allegations

From WENN.com

The actor appears in a new promo for PopChips and he transforms into a number of outrageous and eligible bachelors looking ...

Sat, May 05, 2012

Accused 9/11 plotters defiant at Guantanamo arraignment

By Jane Sutton

GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - Five Guantanamo prisoners accused of plotting the September 11 attacks refused to answer ...

Fri, May 04, 2012

Kate Upton's Sexy 'Cat Daddy' Back on YouTube: What's It Take to Get Banned

By Margaret Hartmann, Hollywood.com Staff

Exactly what percentage of your private area has to be covered in order to make it past YouTube ...

Fri, May 04, 2012

Ashton Kutcher's ad bosses hit back at racism allegations

From WENN.com

The actor appears in a new promo for PopChips and he transforms into a number of outrageous and eligible bachelors looking ...

Fri, May 04, 2012

Air France-KLM says won't back down on costs

By Tim Hepher and Cyril Altmeyer

PARIS (Reuters) - Air France-KLM on Friday told both unions and the next French government it would not back ...

Fri, May 04, 2012

Air France-KLM says won't back down on costs

By Tim Hepher and Cyril Altmeyer

PARIS (Reuters) - Air France-KLM on Friday told both unions and the next French government it would not back ...

Fri, May 04, 2012

Misfiring Angels brought crashing back to Earth

(Reuters) - The Los Angeles Angels were brought crashing back to earth just one day after pitcher Jered Weaver tossed a no-hitter as they were ...

Thu, May 03, 2012

Ashton Kutcher's ad bosses hit back at racism allegations

From WENN.com

The actor appears in a new promo for PopChips and he transforms into a number of outrageous and eligible bachelors looking ...

Thu, May 03, 2012

Leonard Nimoy set to beam back up for Star Trek sequel

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The 2009 sci-fi reboot cast younger actors as the series' famed characters, with Zachary Quinto stepping into the role of Spock ...

Thu, May 03, 2012

Craig slips back into famous blue trunks for Skyfall

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The actor caused a sensation and won a legion of female fans when he emerged from the sea wearing the revealing ...

Thu, May 03, 2012

Republicans back Santorum, Rubio for vice president

By Patricia Zengerle

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rick Santorum and Marco Rubio are the top two choices among Republican voters as Mitt Romney's vice presidential ...

Wed, May 02, 2012

Predators back in series after Rinne blanks Coyotes

(Reuters) - Pekka Rinne made 32 saves to help revive Nashville's playoff hopes after the hosts shut out the Phoenix Coyotes 2-0 on Wednesday ...

Wed, May 02, 2012

Leonard Nimoy set to beam back up for Star Trek sequel

From WENN.com

The 2009 sci-fi reboot cast younger actors as the series' famed characters, with Zachary Quinto stepping into the role of Spock ...

Wed, May 02, 2012

Rhode Island joins national trend to lure back college dropouts

By Daniel Lovering

(Reuters) - The University of Rhode Island, reeling from a dropout rate among seniors that has doubled from last year, has joined ...

Wed, May 02, 2012

Biotech targets fight back as Big Pharma circles

By Ben Hirschler and Sophie Sassard

LONDON (Reuters) - Biotech companies are fighting back in an unequal battle with Big Pharma, helped by a small ...

Tue, May 01, 2012

Nepal's "magic" surgeon brings light back to poor

By Gopal Sharma

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Dressed in his hospital scrubs, Sanduk Ruit looks into the eyes of a patient through a microscope hanging over ...

Tue, May 01, 2012

Chloe Sevigny hits back at career rumours

From WENN.com

The Boys Don't Cry star attracted a barrage of criticism after she was shown performing unsimulated oral sex on Vincent ...

Tue, May 01, 2012

CME Group fires back at ICE with 22-hour grains trade

CHICAGO (Reuters) - CME Group on Tuesday told Iowa farmers, Chicago brokers and huge global hedge funds to brace for a longer, more intense trading ...

Tue, May 01, 2012

Cinderella Kings go 2-0 up on Blues, Caps hit back

By Julian Linden

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The giant-killing Los Angeles Kings continued their fairytale playoff run on Monday to take a 2-0 lead over ...

Mon, April 30, 2012

Mel Gibson fires back at Eszterhas over rant leak

From WENN.com

Eszterhas embarrassed the actor/director earlier this month (Apr12) when he released audio of the foul-mouthed Aussie star ranting during a ...

Mon, April 30, 2012

BofA directors fight back over $20 million settlement

By Jonathan Stempel

(Reuters) - Bank of America Corp directors rejected allegations by unhappy shareholders that their proposed $20 million settlement of litigation over the ...

Mon, April 30, 2012

Venezuela's Chavez reappears in public, back to Cuba

By Andrew Cawthorne and Julia Cobb

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez made his first live public appearance in two weeks on Monday to ...

Mon, April 30, 2012

Bank of America directors fight back over $20 million settlement

By Jonathan Stempel

(Reuters) - Bank of America Corp directors rejected allegations by unhappy shareholders that their proposed $20 million settlement of litigation over the ...

Sun, April 29, 2012

Small business hiring takes step back in April

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Small business hiring slowed considerably in the April and employees saw a reduction in their hours, an independent survey showed on Monday ...

Sun, April 29, 2012

Michael Landon memorial plaque back on display in park

The Little House on the Prairie star lost his battle with cancer in 1991, aged 54, and his widow Cindy decided to keep his ...

Sun, April 29, 2012

Nicki Minaj Back on Twitter: Other Celebs Who Failed to Quit

It's official, folks: Nicki Minaj is back on Twitter. After a nine-day hiatus, the 29-year-old star reemerged on the social media site, tweeting ...

Sat, April 28, 2012

Michael Landon memorial plaque back on display in park

The Little House on the Prairie star lost his battle with cancer in 1991, aged 54, and his widow Cindy decided to keep his ...

Sat, April 28, 2012

Nicki Minaj Back on Twitter: Other Celebs Who Failed to Quit

It's official, folks: Nicki Minaj is back on Twitter. After a nine-day hiatus, the 29-year-old star reemerged on the social media site, tweeting ...

Sat, April 28, 2012

Hundreds rally to back hard-line Arizona sheriff

By Tim Gaynor

FOUNTAIN HILLS, Arizona (Reuters) - As many as 200 activists, some chanting "go Joe, go Joe," rallied in Arizona on Saturday to ...

Fri, April 27, 2012

Michael Landon memorial plaque back on display in park

The Little House on the Prairie star lost his battle with cancer in 1991, aged 54, and his widow Cindy decided to keep his ...

Fri, April 27, 2012

Nicki Minaj Back on Twitter: Other Celebs Who Failed to Quit

It's official, folks: Nicki Minaj is back on Twitter. After a nine-day hiatus, the 29-year-old star reemerged on the social media site, tweeting ...

Thu, April 26, 2012

David Arquette back with news reporter girlfriend - report

Multiple sources tell Life & Style magazine the pair has rekindled its romance - and the Scream star was spotted out and about with McLarty at ...

Thu, April 26, 2012

Heidi Klum Loves Being Nude: A Look Back at Her Provocative Pics

If there's one thing Heidi Klum will never be accused of, it's being shy. Throughout the years, the Project Runway judge has ...

Thu, April 26, 2012

Cusack knocks back hand sanitiser on TV

The High Fidelity star was promoting his new movie The Raven on Jimmy Kimmel Live! hours after unveiling his star on the Hollywood Walk ...

Thu, April 26, 2012

Hispanics back Obama over Romney on policy, many undecided

By Patricia Zengerle

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hispanics favor President Barack Obama's policies over those of Republican rival Mitt Romney by large margins but many ...

Thu, April 26, 2012

FDA advisers back Cameron Health heart device

By Anna Yukhananov

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. drug advisers gave the nod to the first defibrillator designed to be implanted directly under the skin ...

Thu, April 26, 2012

Biden knocks Romney for "back to the future" foreign policy

By Jeff Mason

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden blasted Mitt Romney's foreign policy vision on Thursday as backward-looking and tied to ...

Wed, April 25, 2012

David Arquette back with news reporter girlfriend - report

Multiple sources tell Life & Style magazine the pair has rekindled its romance - and the Scream star was spotted out and about with McLarty at ...

Wed, April 25, 2012

Heidi Klum Loves Being Nude: A Look Back at Her Provocative Pics

If there's one thing Heidi Klum will never be accused of, it's being shy. Throughout the years, the Project Runway judge has ...

Wed, April 25, 2012

Lindsay Lohan's father fires back at casting criticism

Outspoken O'Donnell has gone public with her thoughts about the now-confirmed movie project, in which troubled Lohan will portray the late movie legend ...

Wed, April 25, 2012

FDA advisers back HeartWare blood pump device

By Anna Yukhananov

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - HeartWare International Inc won a U.S. advisory panel's support on Wednesday for its most important product - a ...

Wed, April 25, 2012

Annual "Take Back The Night" March Thursday In Duluth

DULUTH, MN (KDAL) - The 12th Annual Twin Ports "Take Back the Night" march is being held in Duluth on Thursday starting at 7 p-m ...

Wed, April 25, 2012

Bird strike forces JetBlue flight back to New York airport

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A bird strike forced a JetBlue flight bound for Florida to make an emergency return to Westchester Airport, the airline said ...

Wed, April 25, 2012

ECB's Draghi throws crisis ball back to governments

By Robin Emmott

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Central Bank President Mario Draghi gave no indication on Wednesday that the ECB was poised to provide more ...

Wed, April 25, 2012

Britain in recession means more woe for government

By David Milliken and Fiona Shaikh

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's economy has fallen into its second recession since the financial crisis after a shock ...

Wed, April 25, 2012

U.S. high court appears to back Arizona on immigration

By James Vicini and Joan Biskupic

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Conservative justices who hold a majority on the U.S. Supreme Court appeared to endorse Arizona ...

Wed, April 25, 2012

Analysis: Politics force growth back on to Europe's agenda

By Alan Wheatley, Global Economics Correspondent

LONDON (Reuters) - It's early days, but powerful political currents could be sweeping Europe away from its hair-shirt ...

Tue, April 24, 2012

'The Office' is Coming Back, Says EP Ben Silverman

The Office's position appears to be a precarious one. First, NBC announced its polarizing plans to create a Dwight Schrute spin-off. Then showrunner ...

Mon, April 23, 2012

Search for Arizona girl, 6, turns back to her Tucson home

By Marisa Gerber

TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - The search for a missing 6-year-old Arizona girl who authorities said may have been snatched from her bedroom ...

Mon, April 23, 2012

'The Office' is Coming Back, Says EP Ben Silverman

The Office's position appears to be a precarious one. First, NBC announced its polarizing plans to create a Dwight Schrute spin-off. Then showrunner ...

Mon, April 23, 2012

Search for Arizona girl, 6, turns back to her Tucson home

By Marisa Gerber

TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - The search for a missing 6-year-old Arizona girl who authorities said may have been snatched from her bedroom ...

Mon, April 23, 2012

Search for 6-year-old Arizona girl turns back to her Tucson home

By Marisa Gerber

TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - The search for a missing 6-year-old Arizona girl who authorities say may have been snatched from her bedroom ...

Sun, April 22, 2012

Sinise back with Lt. Dan Band for charity show

The 57 year old is currently recovering under doctors' supervision following the accident in March (12) but is scheduled to return to the stage ...

Sun, April 22, 2012

'Parks and Rec' is Back! What We Hope to See Before the Season Finale

After a hiatus that has felt much longer than it actually was, Parks and Recreation is finally back on television, gearing up to close ...

Sun, April 22, 2012

'My Big Fat Greek Wedding' 10th Anniversary: A Look Back at Then and Now

Date of Release: April 19, 2002

Budget: $5 million

Box Office Gross: $241.4 million

The Competition: The Scorpion King, Murder by Numbers

What ...

Sun, April 22, 2012

Winter returns with a blast as snow pounds U.S. Northeast

By Neale Gulley

BUFFALO, New York (Reuters) - A late-April snowstorm struck a wide area of the U.S. Northeast on Monday, raising the threat ...

Sun, April 22, 2012

Vettel wins in Bahrain to go back on top

By Alan Baldwin

MANAMA (Reuters) - World champion Sebastian Vettel celebrated Red Bull's first victory of the season and went back to the top ...

Sat, April 21, 2012

Sinise back with Lt. Dan Band for charity show

The 57 year old is currently recovering under doctors' supervision following the accident in March (12) but is scheduled to return to the stage ...

Sat, April 21, 2012

'Parks and Rec' is Back! What We Hope to See Before the Season Finale

After a hiatus that has felt much longer than it actually was, Parks and Recreation is finally back on television, gearing up to close ...

Sat, April 21, 2012

'My Big Fat Greek Wedding' 10th Anniversary: A Look Back at Then and Now

Date of Release: April 19, 2002

Budget: $5 million

Box Office Gross: $241.4 million

The Competition: The Scorpion King, Murder by Numbers

What ...

Sat, April 21, 2012

Vettel and Red Bull on pole in Bahrain

By Alan Baldwin

MANAMA (Reuters) - Red Bull's Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel took his first pole position of the season in qualifying ...

Sat, April 21, 2012

Howard has successful back surgery: report

(Reuters) - Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard had successful back surgery in Los Angeles on Friday and should make a full recovery, one of his ...

Fri, April 20, 2012

Sinise back with Lt. Dan Band for charity show

The 57 year old is currently recovering under doctors' supervision following the accident in March (12) but is scheduled to return to the stage ...

Fri, April 20, 2012

'Parks and Rec' is Back! What We Hope to See Before the Season Finale

After a hiatus that has felt much longer than it actually was, Parks and Recreation is finally back on television, gearing up to close ...

Fri, April 20, 2012

'My Big Fat Greek Wedding' 10th Anniversary: A Look Back at Then and Now

Date of Release: April 19, 2002

Budget: $5 million

Box Office Gross: $241.4 million

The Competition: The Scorpion King, Murder by Numbers

What ...

Thu, April 19, 2012

Sinise back with Lt. Dan Band for charity show

The 57 year old is currently recovering under doctors' supervision following the accident in March (12) but is scheduled to return to the stage ...

Thu, April 19, 2012

Emotional Djokovic fights back to win in Monte Carlo

MONTE CARLO (Reuters) - World number one Novak Djokovic raised his eyes and arms to the sky after beating Ukraine's Alexandr Dolgopolov to reach ...

Wed, April 18, 2012

Regulators pull back on swap dealer crackdown

By Alexandra Alper and Sarah N. Lynch

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Regulators limited the number of market players that will be slapped with a pricey "swap ...

Wed, April 18, 2012

Regulators pull back on swap dealer crackdown

By Alexandra Alper and Sarah N. Lynch

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Regulators have tightened the group of market players that will be slapped with a pricey ...

Tue, April 17, 2012

Tom Petty gets guitars back, security guard arrested

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The waiting might have been the hardest part, but rockers Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers have gotten back the missing guitars ...

Tue, April 17, 2012

Goldman dials back risk, profit falls

By Lauren Tara LaCapra

(Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc posted a 23 percent decline in quarterly earnings after it dialed down risk-taking in tricky ...

Mon, April 16, 2012

Spinal injections may not aid lower back pain

By Genevra Pittman

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study suggests that injections of steroids or arthritis drugs in the spine may not provide ...

Mon, April 16, 2012

House Democrats back position limits

By Alexandra Alper

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barney Frank and 16 other House of Representatives Democrats have filed a friend-of-the-court brief in defense of a new ...

Mon, April 16, 2012

DE Shaw, PAG back Haitong's $1.8 billion offer: IFR

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Pan-Asia private equity firm PAG and asset manager DE Shaw & Co Ltd are among 11 cornerstone investors that pledged to buy almost one-third of the up to $1.8 billion Hong Kong offer by Haitong Securities Co Ltd's <600837.SS>, IFR reported on Monday.

The outcome of Haitong's deal will be closely monitored by investors, bankers and a growing list of companies hoping to raise funds in Asia's top IPO destination.

The share sale would the biggest public offering in Asia Pacific so far in 2012 and the largest in Hong Kong since the $1.9 billion New China Life Insurance Co Ltd <601336.SS> <1336.HK> dual listing in the city and Shanghai in December.

PAG, headed by former TPG Capital dealmaker Weijian Shan, agreed to buy $300 million worth of shares in the deal, said IFR, a Thomson Reuters publication, citing two sources with direct knowledge of the plans.

Haitong is offering 1.229 billion new shares at an indicative range of HK$10.48-HK$11.18, IFR added. At the top end of the range, the deal would be worth HK$13.74 billion ($1.77 billion).

Other cornerstone investors include New York-based DE Shaw, Japan's SBI Holdings <8473.T> and Dah Sing Bank <2356.HK>, committing a combined $580 million.

Cornerstones back many Asian listings, committing to buy large, guaranteed stakes and agreeing to a lock-up period during which they will not sell their shares. Anchor investors have fewer restrictions on when they can sell the stock.

Haitong had scrapped a deal in December to raise up to $1.7 billion citing turmoil in global markets.

At the time the company had $222 million in pledges from two cornerstone investors, private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC and Japan's Chuo Mitsui Trust & Banking Co, a unit of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc <8309.T>.

The current offer is set to be launched on Tuesday and priced on Friday, sources said last week.

Citigroup Inc , Credit Suisse AG , Deutsche Bank , JPMorgan , UBS and Haitong's own Haitong International are acting as joint global coordinators on the offering.

BoCom International, HSBC Holdings Plc <0005.HK>, ICBC International, Nomura and Standard Chartered Plc were also hired as joint bookrunners, IFR added.

(Reporting by Fiona Lau and Jing Song; Writing by Elzio Barreto; Editing by Ramya Venugopal)

Sun, April 15, 2012

Boneta keen to get full name back

The Mexican actor's birth name is Diego Gonzalez Boneta - and that's the moniker most of his Latino fans know him by.

But ...

Sun, April 15, 2012

Gibson hits back at Eszterhas' anti-Semitic accusations

The Braveheart legend teamed up with the Basic Instinct writer to work on an epic drama about Judah Maccabee, a Jew who led a ...

Sun, April 15, 2012

Melissa Gilbert Back at 'DWTS' Rehearsal After Concussion

During Monday night's episode of Dancing with the Stars, contestant Melissa Gilbert, 47, was injured mid-performance, and was rushed to the hospital instantly ...

Sun, April 15, 2012

Bond Is Back! Daniel Craig in 'Skyfall' Action — PICS

In the upcoming movie Skyfall, there's no weapon James Bond can't handle — handguns, flamethrowers! There's no territory he won't hazard ...

Sun, April 15, 2012

China stocks czar faces battle to win back investor trust

By Jason Subler

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - In little over six months as China's top securities watchdog, Guo Shuqing has let loose a flurry of ...

Sat, April 14, 2012

Boneta keen to get full name back

The Mexican actor's birth name is Diego Gonzalez Boneta - and that's the moniker most of his Latino fans know him by.

But ...

Sat, April 14, 2012

Gibson hits back at Eszterhas' anti-Semitic accusations

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Sat, April 14, 2012

Melissa Gilbert Back at 'DWTS' Rehearsal After Concussion

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Sat, April 14, 2012

Bond Is Back! Daniel Craig in 'Skyfall' Action — PICS

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Fri, April 13, 2012

Boneta keen to get full name back

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But ...

Fri, April 13, 2012

Gibson hits back at Eszterhas' anti-Semitic accusations

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Fri, April 13, 2012

Melissa Gilbert Back at 'DWTS' Rehearsal After Concussion

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Fri, April 13, 2012

Bond Is Back! Daniel Craig in 'Skyfall' Action — PICS

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Fri, April 13, 2012

Most Americans back gun lobby, right to use deadly force

By Deborah Charles

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Most Americans support the right to use deadly force to protect themselves - even in public places - and have a ...

Thu, April 12, 2012

Banker due back in court in cabbie hate crime case

By Michelle Conlin

STAMFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) - The Morgan Stanley investment banker accused of a hate crime in the assault of an Egyptian-born taxi driver ...

Thu, April 12, 2012

Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg bring back Tupac at Coachella

By Piya Sinha-Roy

INDIO, CALIF (Reuters) - Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg resurrected late rapper Tupac Shakur as an onstage hologram singing hit songs and ...

Thu, April 12, 2012

Mel Gibson fires back at anti-Semitism claim

By Alex Dobuzinskis

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Mel Gibson fired back Thursday at screenwriter Joe Eszterhas for accusing the "Braveheart" star of anti-Semitism, calling the ...

Thu, April 12, 2012

Banker due back in court in cabbie hate crime case

By Michelle Conlin

STAMFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) - William Bryan Jennings, the Morgan Stanley investment banker accused of a hate crime in the stabbing of an ...

Wed, April 11, 2012

Proxy firms back splitting of chairman, CEO at Wells Fargo

By Rick Rothacker

(Reuters) - Two proxy advisory firms are backing a shareholder proposal to split the roles of chairman and chief executive at Wells ...

Wed, April 11, 2012

China leadership succession back to old disorderly self

By Brian Rhoads

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A rising star is ejected from China's Politburo and faces trial for violations of Communist Party discipline ...

Tue, April 10, 2012

Ron Wood says Rolling Stones headed back to studio

By John McCrank

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Rolling Stones are heading back to the studio this month to toss around ideas and try new ...

Tue, April 10, 2012

Protect your eyes, The Three Stooges are back

By IAIN BLAIR

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Maybe it was just a matter of time before Peter and Bobby Farrelly, the brothers who wrote and ...

Tue, April 10, 2012

Analysis: Oil firms hurt by Gulf spill welcome back drill rigs

By Braden Reddall

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Gulf of Mexico oil drillers will be busier this year than at any point since the BP oil ...

Mon, April 09, 2012

Thunder back on top of West after pummeling Bucks

(Reuters) - The Oklahoma City Thunder regained the top spot in the Western Conference in some style on Monday after blasting the Milwaukee Bucks 109-89 ...

Mon, April 09, 2012

Gervais hits back at Derek critics

The British funnyman plays the title role in the series, which is billed as the story of ""a simple, vulnerable man working in an ...

Mon, April 09, 2012

Going Back to 'Titanic': 5 Things We Remembered Differently

April 7 was my first real return to Titanic since its 1997 theatrical explosion. Sure, I watched the double-decker VHS so many times I ...

Mon, April 09, 2012

Washington's famed Howard Theater back from the brink

By Ian Simpson

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington's historic Howard Theater, a launching pad for black performers from Duke Ellington to The Supremes, reopened on ...

Sun, April 08, 2012

Bridget Jones musical 'pushed back after Sheridan quits'

The Gavin & Stacey star was set to play the title role made famous by Renee Zellweger in the movie adaptation of Bridget Jones's ...

Sat, April 07, 2012

Bridget Jones musical 'pushed back after Sheridan quits'

The Gavin & Stacey star was set to play the title role made famous by Renee Zellweger in the movie adaptation of Bridget Jones's ...

Fri, April 06, 2012

Death toll rises in Syria before U.N. vote

By Oliver Holmes

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Opposition activists said at least six people were killed in Syria on Saturday as the U.N. Security Council ...

Fri, April 06, 2012

Bridget Jones musical 'pushed back after Sheridan quits'

The Gavin & Stacey star was set to play the title role made famous by Renee Zellweger in the movie adaptation of Bridget Jones's ...

Fri, April 06, 2012

Couples rolls back the years with vintage Masters display

By Mark Lamport-Stokes

AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - Back pain or not, there is something magical about Augusta National and the Masters for Fred Couples that ...

Fri, April 06, 2012

Lovelorn wolf back on the hunt in California

By Suzanne Hurt

SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - A male wolf that made headlines by becoming the first of its species in more than 80 years ...

Thu, April 05, 2012

Older, raunchier "American Pie" gang back for "Reunion"

By Iain Blair

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - It's been 13 years since the hit teen comedy "American Pie" introduced a pack of horny high-schoolers ...

Thu, April 05, 2012

Watson's masterful talents set for wider exposure

By Mark Lamport-Stokes

AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - Part Seve Ballesteros and part John Daly, newly crowned Masters champion Bubba Watson is a gifted shot-maker and ...

Thu, April 05, 2012

World food prices rise further, raising fears of unrest

By Svetlana Kovalyova and Veronica Brown

(Reuters) - Global food prices rose in March for a third straight month with more hikes to come, the ...

Wed, April 04, 2012

Chavez back in Venezuela after more cancer treatment

CARACAS (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez returned home to Venezuela on Wednesday after his latest session of cancer treatment in Cuba, as he aims to ...

Tue, April 03, 2012

Did 'The Killing' Premiere Win Us Back?

Fans and critics alike were angered when the last few episodes of AMC's The Killing dropped a series of sudden, unfounded twists leading ...

Tue, April 03, 2012

Farrelly Brothers back for more Dumb & Dumber

Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels have signed up to reprise their roles as two intellectually-challenged pals in a follow-up to their hit 1994 comedy ...

Tue, April 03, 2012

Fed must keep acting "vigorously", says Williams

By Ann Saphir

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Despite signs the economic recovery is picking up steam, the Federal Reserve should keep its unprecedented easy-money policy ...

Tue, April 03, 2012

Government site back up after it crashes with 1940 census data

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A National Archives website that crashed with the release of 1940 census data was back up on Tuesday after it had been ...

Tue, April 03, 2012

Suntech "sun king" sees industry back in black, eyes U.S. duties

By Ran Li and Lee Chyen Yee

BOAO, China (Reuters) - Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd's chief executive said on Tuesday the Chinese solar ...

Mon, April 02, 2012

Did 'The Killing' Premiere Win Us Back?

Fans and critics alike were angered when the last few episodes of AMC's The Killing dropped a series of sudden, unfounded twists leading ...

Mon, April 02, 2012

Wall Street ends worst two weeks since November

By Ryan Vlastelica

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks closed their worst two-week slide since November with a selloff on Friday as disappointing China ...

Sun, April 01, 2012

Top Obama aides hit back at Romney over Russia

By David Morgan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Sunday came under political fire from two of President Barack Obama's top ...

Sun, April 01, 2012

After grad job slump, big hiring is back at U.S. colleges

By Jilian Mincer and Jennifer Merritt

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sean Chua expected the hunt for his first job after college to be tough. After ...

Fri, March 30, 2012

Rangers back on top with win over Canadiens

(Reuters) - The New York Rangers regained first place in the NHL overall with a league best 50th win of the season on Friday, a ...

Thu, March 29, 2012

Murdoch's media empire strikes back

By Georgina Prodhan

LONDON (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch on Thursday declared war against "enemies" who have accused his pay-TV operation of sabotaging its rivals, denouncing ...

Thu, March 29, 2012

Newton ordered back to Australia to face assault charge

The troubled star, who reportedly suffers from bipolar and obsessive compulsive disorder, stands accused of punching a cab driver during a ride through Sydney ...

Thu, March 29, 2012

Walters, Spielberg and Firth back campaign to save film studio

Twickenham Film Studios, which has hosted shoots for The Iron Lady, War Horse and The Beatles' movies A Hard Day's Night and Help ...

Thu, March 29, 2012

'Vampire Diaries' Brings Aunt Jenna Back from the Dead?

It's not often that The Vampire Diaries brings a character back to life — oh wait, they do that all the time. But this ...

Thu, March 29, 2012

Euro zone to back higher combined bailout fund: draft

By Jan Strupczewski

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers will raise the combined firepower of the region's two bailout funds to a potential ...

Thu, March 29, 2012

Analysis: To Canada and back, a new U.S. oil pipeline race

By Bruce Nichols

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Even as big U.S. oil pipelines invest billions of dollars to ship booming oil production south from Canada ...

Wed, March 28, 2012

Murdoch's media empire strikes back

LONDON (Reuters) - An angry Rupert Murdoch on Thursday declared war against "enemies" who have accused his pay-TV operation of sabotaging its rivals, denouncing them ...

Wed, March 28, 2012

Newton ordered back to Australia to face assault charge

The troubled star, who reportedly suffers from bipolar and obsessive compulsive disorder, stands accused of punching a cab driver during a ride through Sydney ...

Wed, March 28, 2012

Walters, Spielberg and Firth back campaign to save film studio

Twickenham Film Studios, which has hosted shoots for The Iron Lady, War Horse and The Beatles' movies A Hard Day's Night and Help ...

Wed, March 28, 2012

'Vampire Diaries' Brings Aunt Jenna Back from the Dead?

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Wed, March 28, 2012

Brinkley fights back tears on live TV

The former couple has been locked in a war of words ever since it split in 2008 and the court fight turned ugly in ...

Wed, March 28, 2012

Aerosmith says new album brings "a little of 1975 back"

By Piya Sinha-Roy

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Veteran rock band Aerosmith said on Wednesday they were bringing "a little of 1975 back" on a long-delayed ...

Wed, March 28, 2012

Murray fights back to beat Tipsarevic

By Simon Evans

KEY BISCAYNE, Florida (Reuters) - Britain's Andy Murray fought back for a 4-6 6-3 6-4 win over Serbian Janko Tipsarevic on ...

Wed, March 28, 2012

Former president George H.W. Bush to back Romney

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will pick up the formal endorsement of former President George H.W. Bush during a visit ...

Tue, March 27, 2012

Pitbull's 'Men in Black 3' Song 'Back in Time' Revealed

Last week, it was revealed that the upcoming Men in Black 3 would shake up tradition and not feature a rap from Mr. Fresh ...

Tue, March 27, 2012

Brinkley fights back tears on live TV

The former couple has been locked in a war of words ever since it split in 2008 and the court fight turned ugly in ...

Tue, March 27, 2012

Pitbull's 'Men in Black 3' Song 'Back in Time' Revealed

Last week, it was revealed that the upcoming Men in Black 3 would shake up tradition and not feature a rap from Mr. Fresh ...

Tue, March 27, 2012

Ferrer back in Spain team for Austria clash

MADRID (Reuters) - Top-ranked Spain have world number five David Ferrer back in the side for their Davis Cup World Group quarter-final at home to ...

Mon, March 26, 2012

Myriad gene patent ruling sent back to lower court

By James Vicini

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday set aside a ruling that said Myriad Genetics Inc could patent two ...

Mon, March 26, 2012

Nervous banks hold back Europe's revival strategy

By Robin Emmott and John O'Donnell

(Reuters) - Among the piles of papers on one European diplomat's desk in Brussels is a memo ...

Sun, March 25, 2012

Messing wins back Twitter.com name

The Will and Grace star has been slow in adapting to the social networking craze, but Messing was recently forced to sign up for ...

Sun, March 25, 2012

Paltrow hits back at cookbook allegations once and for all

A reporter for the New York Times recently questioned the extent of Paltrow's involvement in putting together My Father's Daughter, and instead ...

Sun, March 25, 2012

Texas, Johnson & Johnson heading back to court

By Corrie MacLaggan

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Representatives of Johnson & Johnson and the state of Texas will head back to court on Tuesday over a $158 million settlement agreement announced in January involving the drug Risperdal, a spokesman for Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said on Sunday.

"As far as we knew, we had a solid settlement," said Tom Kelley, Abbott's spokesman. "We'll have more information on Tuesday about what has caused (Johnson & Johnson) some concerns."

A spokeswoman for Johnson & Johnson declined to comment about the hearing before state District Judge John Dietz in Austin.

Johnson & Johnson said in January that it would pay $158 million to settle a Texas lawsuit that accused the drugmaker of improperly marketing its Risperdal anti-psychotic drug to state residents on the Medicaid health program for the poor.

The settlement would fully resolve all Risperdal-related claims in Texas, the company said at the time. The agreement -- the largest Medicaid fraud recovery ever in Texas -- was specific to the Lone Star State and did not involve other state or federal Risperdal litigation.

The deal marked the first Risperdal settlement with any U.S. state. It settled claims brought by Texas in 2004 involving alleged Medicaid overpayments during the years 1994 to 2008. The settlement was to be paid to the original plaintiff, his attorneys, the state of Texas and the federal government, which provides Medicaid reimbursements, the company said in January.

Tom Melsheimer, a lawyer for plaintiff Allen Jones, said on Sunday that the hearing on Tuesday is "just to finalize the settlement."

But Jones, a whistleblower on J&J's marketing practices, said the sticking point is that Johnson & Johnson wants to reduce the amount of the settlement that he and his attorneys receive.

Johnson & Johnson "has reneged on the agreement and it's back in court," Jones said. "They are trying to produce a chilling effect on the ability of whistleblowers to come forward."

(Reporting By Corrie MacLaggan; Editing by David Bailey)

Sat, March 24, 2012

Messing wins back Twitter.com name

The Will and Grace star has been slow in adapting to the social networking craze, but Messing was recently forced to sign up for ...

Sat, March 24, 2012

Paltrow hits back at cookbook allegations once and for all

A reporter for the New York Times recently questioned the extent of Paltrow's involvement in putting together My Father's Daughter, and instead ...

Fri, March 23, 2012

Messing wins back Twitter.com name

The Will and Grace star has been slow in adapting to the social networking craze, but Messing was recently forced to sign up for ...

Fri, March 23, 2012

Paltrow hits back at cookbook allegations once and for all

A reporter for the New York Times recently questioned the extent of Paltrow's involvement in putting together My Father's Daughter, and instead ...

Thu, March 22, 2012

Olivia Wilde Going Back to 'House' for Series Finale

Last month we all heard the sad news that House's current season would be its last, but we now know that the final ...

Thu, March 22, 2012

Nuggets' Fernandez likely out for season with back injury

(Reuters) - Denver Nuggets guard Rudy Fernandez needs to have back surgery and is expected to miss the rest of the National Basketball Association season ...

Thu, March 22, 2012

Wall Street closes stellar quarter on up note

By Rodrigo Campos

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks closed their strongest quarter in more than two years on a positive note on Friday, led by ...

Wed, March 21, 2012

Olivia Wilde Going Back to 'House' for Series Finale

Last month we all heard the sad news that House's current season would be its last, but we now know that the final ...

Wed, March 21, 2012

'Two and a Half Men': Charlie's Back...As Kathy Bates?

Ever since Ashton Kutcher started on Two and a Half Men at the beginning of the Season Nine, fans nationwide have been clamoring for ...

Wed, March 21, 2012

Predators welcome back wayward Radulov

(Reuters) - Alexander Radulov's long and winding road back to the National Hockey League came to an end on Wednesday when the Nashville Predators ...

Tue, March 20, 2012

Thomson Reuters puts health unit back on block: sources

(Reuters) - News and information company Thomson Reuters Corp has resumed an auction of its healthcare unit after shelving the process last year due to ...

Tue, March 20, 2012

Pink-haired student invited back to school

(Reuters) - A school that barred a sixth grader after she dyed her hair pink with her parents' blessing to celebrate her good grades lifted ...

Mon, March 19, 2012

Lyonne: 'Arrest warrant helped bring me back from the brink'

The American Pie star spent the first five years of the new century battling substance abuse and legal woes and now admits she was ...

Mon, March 19, 2012

McGregor dreams of back garden movie

The Scottish actor hates location shoots and misses his family when he's filming, so he has a secret project up his sleeve.

The ...

Mon, March 19, 2012

Kidman and Urban back coal drilling protests

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Mon, March 19, 2012

Lee fires back at basketball player's stolen life story accusations

Maurice Ballard, 37, insists Lee based his Jesus Shuttlesworth character on him.

In a statement obtained by the New York Daily News, Ballard says ...

Mon, March 19, 2012

Instant View: Apple to pay dividend, buy back stock

(Reuters) - Apple Inc said it plans to pay a quarterly dividend of $2.65 per share and authorized a $10 billion stock buyback program ...

Mon, March 19, 2012

Shares fall on sluggish U.S. jobs, focus on more data

By Chikako Mogi

TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares fell on Monday as a sharp slowdown in U.S. jobs growth raised concerns about the strength ...

Sun, March 18, 2012

Ashton's 'Two and a Half Men' Haircut: ""Jesus Wanted His Look Back""

The world breathed a collective sigh of relief when Ashton Kutcher debuted a clean-shaven face and short hair at the TCA panel Jan. 11 ...

Sun, March 18, 2012

Whitney Houston's 'The Bodyguard' Back in Theaters: One Night Only

Although Whitney Houston is known for her music career, one of the late star's most celebrated achievements was her 1992 film The Bodyguard ...

Sat, March 17, 2012

Ashton's 'Two and a Half Men' Haircut: ""Jesus Wanted His Look Back""

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Sat, March 17, 2012

Whitney Houston's 'The Bodyguard' Back in Theaters: One Night Only

Although Whitney Houston is known for her music career, one of the late star's most celebrated achievements was her 1992 film The Bodyguard ...

Sat, March 17, 2012

Dozens arrested at Occupy's 6-month anniversary rally

By Chris Francescani

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dozens of Occupy Wall Street protesters were arrested during the weekend as police cleared New York's Zuccotti ...

Fri, March 16, 2012

Ashton's 'Two and a Half Men' Haircut: ""Jesus Wanted His Look Back""

The world breathed a collective sigh of relief when Ashton Kutcher debuted a clean-shaven face and short hair at the TCA panel Jan. 11 ...

Fri, March 16, 2012

Whitney Houston's 'The Bodyguard' Back in Theaters: One Night Only

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Fri, March 16, 2012

Swiss bus crash bodies flown home as Belgium mourns

By Christian Hartmann and Philip Blenkinsop

BRUSSELS/SION, Switzerland (Reuters) - Belgian military aircraft brought home the bodies of 22 children and six adults killed ...

Thu, March 15, 2012

Apple iPad investigated for reports of excess heat

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - An influential U.S. consumer watchdog is investigating online reports that Apple Inc's new iPad throws off an unusually large ...

Thu, March 15, 2012

Ashton's 'Two and a Half Men' Haircut: ""Jesus Wanted His Look Back""

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Thu, March 15, 2012

Whitney Houston's 'The Bodyguard' Back in Theaters: One Night Only

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Thu, March 15, 2012

'One Shot' and 'Ninja Turtles' Get Release Dates; 'World War Z' Pushed Back

Paramount issued a major update to its release schedule today, with two high-profile projects getting release dates and another being pushed back a half-year ...

Thu, March 15, 2012

Instant View: Jobless claims back at four-year lows

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New claims for unemployment benefits fell back to a four-year low last week, a government report showed on Thursday, suggesting further ...

Thu, March 15, 2012

Jobless claims fall, manufacturing holds up

By Lucia Mutikani and Leah Schnurr

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Economic growth showed signs of becoming more self-sustaining as the number of Americans claiming ...

Thu, March 15, 2012

Jobless claims back at four-year lows

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New claims for unemployment benefits fell back to a four-year low last week, a government report showed on Thursday, suggesting further strengthening ...

Wed, March 14, 2012

'One Shot' and 'Ninja Turtles' Get Release Dates; 'World War Z' Pushed Back

Paramount issued a major update to its release schedule today, with two high-profile projects getting release dates and another being pushed back a half-year ...

Tue, March 13, 2012

Puzo family fires back at studio in "Godfather" suit

(Reuters) - The estate of "The Godfather" author Mario Puzo has fired back at movie studio Paramount Pictures with a $10 million counterclaim over Paramount ...

Tue, March 13, 2012

'Shameless' Recap: Mommy's Back!

S2E9: The true test of a great TV family is that moment when you realize your hopes for their success is just as ardent ...

Tue, March 13, 2012

Most Americans back "Buffett tax": Reuters/Ipsos

By Kevin Drawbaugh

(Reuters) - Nearly two-thirds of Americans support imposing a minimum tax rate of 30 percent on those who earn $1 million or ...

Tue, March 13, 2012

Most Americans would back U.S. strike over Iran nuclear weapon: poll

By Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A majority of Americans would support military action against Iran if there were evidence that Tehran is building nuclear ...

Mon, March 12, 2012

'Shameless' Recap: Mommy's Back!

S2E9: The true test of a great TV family is that moment when you realize your hopes for their success is just as ardent ...

Mon, March 12, 2012

Tiffany hits back at Swatch with $590 million claim

By Catherine Bosley

ZURICH (Reuters) - Jeweler Tiffany & Co has filed a $590 million counter-claim against Swatch Group SA , the Swiss watchmaker said on Monday, the latest volley in the companies' feud over a failed deal to sell watches together.

Tiffany's claim for 542 million Swiss francs in a Dutch arbitration court comes three months after Swatch, the world's largest watchmaker, sued it for lost profits it estimated at 3.8 billion francs ($4.2 billion). The companies ended their deal in September.

In a statement on Monday, Swatch said Tiffany's claim "has no factual or legal basis" and it will contest it "vigorously." Tiffany did not return a request for comment.

The strategic alliance, signed in 2007 and intended to last for 20 years, was meant to boost the development, production and worldwide distribution of Tiffany branded watches, but it never turned into big business for either company.

According to Tiffany's most recent annual report, the deal with Swatch represented less than 1 percent of sales.

Swatch has accused its former partner of systematically trying to block and delay development of the business and not giving the watches, marketed under the Tiffany brand, enough prominence in its stores.

Tiffany in turn has said that Swatch did not honor the terms of the agreement, including providing adequate distribution, and was unwilling to work cooperatively with the U.S.-based group.

Shares in Bienne, Switzerland-based Swatch were flat at 1406 GMT, while Tiffany shares were up 0.8 percent in morning trading in New York.

"The impact of this affair on numbers has not been that relevant, given that the Tiffany relationship was terminated when it was still in its very early stages," analysts at UBS said in a note.

($1=0.9190 Swiss francs)

(Additional reporting by Emma Thommasson and Phil Wahba; Editing by Greg Mahlich, David Holmes, Dave Zimmerman)

Mon, March 12, 2012

Mexico's Slim aims for U.S. Internet TV this year

By Cyntia Barrera

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim is financing an Internet TV network that will include an interview show with former ...

Sun, March 11, 2012

Davis feared she would have to give baby back

The Sex and the City star became a first-time mum last year (11) when she adopted Gemma Rose as a single parent, and she ...

Sun, March 11, 2012

Investors back hedge funds as performance rebounds

By Laurence Fletcher

LONDON (Reuters) - Investors ploughed more money into hedge funds over the past month, data from hedge fund administrator GlobeOp shows, as ...

Sat, March 10, 2012

Davis feared she would have to give baby back

The Sex and the City star became a first-time mum last year (11) when she adopted Gemma Rose as a single parent, and she ...

Sat, March 10, 2012

Arabs urge Russia to back Syria peace plan

By Yasmine Saleh and Edmund Blair

CAIRO (Reuters) - Gulf Arabs told Russia in blunt language on Saturday its failure to take a tough line ...

Fri, March 09, 2012

Davis feared she would have to give baby back

The Sex and the City star became a first-time mum last year (11) when she adopted Gemma Rose as a single parent, and she ...

Fri, March 09, 2012

Super Bowl champion Giants cut running back Jacobs

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Brandon Jacobs, the bruising running back who helped the New York Giants win two Super Bowls, has been cut after failing ...

Fri, March 09, 2012

Syrian army must pull back first under Annan plan

By Erika Solomon and Douglas Hamilton

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian artillery hit parts of Homs city and at least 37 people were killed in clashes ...

Thu, March 08, 2012

Davis feared she would have to give baby back

The Sex and the City star became a first-time mum last year (11) when she adopted Gemma Rose as a single parent, and she ...

Wed, March 07, 2012

Williams' actress daughter hits back at nepotism claims

The actor's only daughter with ex-wife Marsha Garces made her feature film debut as a five year old in 1994's In Search ...

Wed, March 07, 2012

Confident Mickelson glad to be "back in the mix"

By Simon Evans

DORAL, Florida (Reuters) - Three-time Masters winner Phil Mickelson believes he is "back in the mix" among the world's top golfers ...

Wed, March 07, 2012

Democrats push back at bill reining in Fed

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sensing an election-year issue, Democrats in the House of Representatives who are opposed to a Republican bill that would eliminate the Federal ...

Tue, March 06, 2012

Upbeat Federer back at beloved Indian Wells

By Mark Lamport-Stokes

INDIAN WELLS, California (Reuters) - With his confidence sky-high after winning five of his last seven tournaments, Roger Federer returns to one ...

Tue, March 06, 2012

Obama urges business to back renewal of U.S. Eximbank

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama sought to enlist the business community on Tuesday in a fight over the U.S. Export-Import Bank, whose future ...

Tue, March 06, 2012

Obama hits back at Limbaugh by invoking daughters

By Caren Bohan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama invoked his young daughters on Tuesday to hit back at Rush Limbaugh over the conservative talk ...

Tue, March 06, 2012

Williams' actress daughter hits back at nepotism claims

The actor's only daughter with ex-wife Marsha Garces made her feature film debut as a five year old in 1994's In Search ...

Tue, March 06, 2012

Moore photographed back in Los Angeles

The troubled actress has been out of the spotlight since she was found semi-conscious at her Hollywood home on 23 January (12).

She spent ...

Tue, March 06, 2012

Obama pushes back on imminent military decision on Iran

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama pushed back on Tuesday against suggestions that Washington was on the cusp of making a decision about possible military action ...

Tue, March 06, 2012

Ohio school rampage victim mourned, suspect back in court

By Kim Palmer

CHARDON, Ohio (Reuters) - Hundreds of mourners packed a church and gathered outside on Tuesday for the funeral of one of three ...

Mon, March 05, 2012

More than half of Americans back Obama's Koran apology

By Missy Ryan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than half of Americans support President Barack Obama's apology for U.S. troops burning copies of the ...

Mon, March 05, 2012

Greek bond swap prospects lifted by fresh pledges

By Lefteris Papadimas

ATHENS (Reuters) - Major banks and pension funds threw their weight behind Greece's bond swap offer to private creditors on Wednesday ...

Mon, March 05, 2012

Credit Suisse to buy back $4.4 billion of securities

ZURICH (Reuters) - Credit Suisse said on Monday it planned to buy back up to 4 billion Swiss francs ($4.4 billion) in outstanding securities ...

Sun, March 04, 2012

Zuiker hits back in estranged wife's child support demand

The brains behind the CSI dramas wed Jennifer in 1999 but she filed for divorce in 2011, citing irreconcilable differences.

Jennifer is currently seeking ...

Sun, March 04, 2012

Butler back at work after replacing Bana in Brilliant

The 300 star began 2012 battling a painkiller addiction, but he recently checked out of a treatment facility and is now keen to get ...

Sat, March 03, 2012

Russian protesters fear Putin resorting to force

By Timothy Heritage

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's opposition expressed concern on Tuesday that Vladimir Putin was resorting to old tactics to crush dissent after ...

Thu, March 01, 2012

Retail investors jump back into stocks in February

By John McCrank

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Individual investors moved back into the markets in February to take advantage of rising stock prices as the ...

Wed, February 29, 2012

63 percent of voters back Obama birth control policy: poll

By David Morgan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly two-thirds of Americans favor President Barack Obama's policy requiring birth control coverage for female employees, including clear ...

Wed, February 29, 2012

Swiss lawmakers back U.S. tax plan; further vote Monday

ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss lawmakers threw their support behind a tax proposal which could help to strike a deal with the United States on Wednesday ...

Tue, February 28, 2012

Rose back to best as Bulls beat Hornets

(Reuters) - Chicago's Derrick Rose showed he is back to full fitness by grabbing 32 points and nine assists to help the Bulls beat ...

Mon, February 27, 2012

Buffett: Unemployment unlikely to go back to 9 percent

(Reuters) - The unemployment rate is unlikely to tick back up to 9 percent, Berkshire Hathaway Inc Chief Executive Warren Buffett said on Monday.

Buffett ...

Sun, February 26, 2012

Billy Crystal back to basics in Oscar host comeback

By Steve Gorman

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Making a comeback as Oscar host after an eight-year absence, comedian Billy Crystal poked fun on Sunday night ...

Fri, February 24, 2012

Gift suites back in force at Oscars. Uggie's not buying

By Zorianna Kit

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - You know you're in Hollywood when Uggie, the spunky dog from Oscar nominated film "The Artist" gets ...

Thu, February 23, 2012

Shock, horror! Murdoch's Sun wants his readers back

By Tim Castle

LONDON (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch bid to grab back the huge audience his News Corp lost when it closed Britain's best-selling ...

Tue, February 21, 2012

EU leaders to ask G20 to back higher IMF funds

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders will call at a summit next week for the world's 20 biggest economies (G20) to agree in April ...

Tue, February 21, 2012

Wall Street up on jobs data, brushes off Greek default

By Angela Moon

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks advanced on Friday as investors brushed off the technical default by Greece and focused instead on another ...

Wed, February 15, 2012

Walmart wins with a back-to-basics approach

By Jessica Wohl

(Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc's turnaround appears to be gaining traction as simple strategies like undercutting competitors by a penny on ...

Wed, February 15, 2012

Charlie Sheen's "Men" days come back to haunt him

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The makers of TV comedy "Two and a Half Men" have told Charlie Sheen to stop using their photos to promote ...

Tue, February 14, 2012

Tiger back at Honda event for first time since 1993

(Reuters) - Former world number one Tiger Woods will play in next month's $1.02 million Honda Classic for the first time as a ...

Tue, February 14, 2012

Men charged in teacher kidnap ordered back to Montana

MISSOULA, Montana (Reuters) - Two men accused of abducting a Montana school teacher missing since last month and presumed dead were ordered sent back from ...

Tue, February 14, 2012

Italy government scuppers 2020 bid

By Massimiliano Di Giorgio

ROME (Reuters) - Prime Minister Mario Monti on Tuesday scotched Rome's bid to host the 2020 Olympic Games, saying Italy ...

Tue, February 14, 2012

Wall Street fights back against expert witness in lawsuits

By Suzanne Barlyn

(Reuters) - For years, Craig McCann played a prominent role as a top expert witness, his testimony helping to win millions of ...

Mon, February 13, 2012

Chicago's Rose to see back specialist

(Reuters) - Chicago's Derrick Rose, last season's National Basketball Association MVP, is to see a specialist about ongoing back problems.

Rose missed his ...

Sat, February 11, 2012

IIF's Dallara urges Greek lawmakers to back bailout

ATHENS (Reuters) - The chief negotiator for private creditors over a Greek debt swap deal, Charles Dallara, urged lawmakers to approve the country's IMF ...

Sat, February 11, 2012

Communist East Germany back in haunting new film

By Erik Kirschbaum

BERLIN (Reuters) - The oppressive world of Communist East Germany was brought back to life in a haunting new film called "Barbara ...

Sat, February 11, 2012

U.N. chief speaks of "grisly reports" from Syria

BEIRUT/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he had received "grisly reports" that Syrian government forces were arbitrarily executing, imprisoning and ...

Fri, February 10, 2012

Bernanke says recovery slow but small banks climbing back

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The weak economic recovery has made it harder for banks to make money from loans but the financial conditions of smaller institutions ...

Thu, February 09, 2012

Flyers back on track with win over Leafs

(Reuters) - The Philadelphia Flyers snapped a three-game losing skid by roughing up the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 at the Wells Fargo Center Thursday.

The ...

Thu, February 09, 2012

Mickelson outplays Woods to win Pebble Beach title

(Reuters) - Phil Mickelson totally upstaged playing partner Tiger Woods while charging past overnight leader Charlie Wi to win the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in ...

Thu, February 09, 2012

Big media buy back shares with cable TV cash

By Yinka Adegoke

(Reuters) - Big U.S. media companies bought back record amounts of their own shares in the last year, with cash generated ...

Wed, February 08, 2012

Visa Q1 profit beats, to buy back $500 million of shares

(Reuters) - Visa Inc reported a higher quarterly profit as the world's largest credit and debit card processing network benefited from consumers swiping their ...

Mon, February 06, 2012

U.S. banks agree to $25 billion in homeowner help

By Aruna Viswanatha

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Five big U.S. banks accused of abusive mortgage practices have agreed to a $25 billion government settlement that ...

Sat, February 04, 2012

Running back Martin among six players into Hall of Fame

By Larry Fine

INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Curtis Martin, who ranks fourth on the National Football League's all-time rushing list, was one of six players ...

Fri, February 03, 2012

Stanford used fake accounting to back bank: witness

By Anna Driver

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Allen Stanford used fake accounting to prop up his offshore bank in its waning days, as withdrawal requests from ...

Fri, February 03, 2012

Jury back to work in Pennsylvania corruption trial

By Mark Shade

HARRISBURG, Penn. (Reuters) - The jury was set to resume deliberations on Friday in the corruption trial of one of Pennsylvania's ...

Fri, February 03, 2012

Greece launches long-awaited debt offer

By George Georgiopoulos

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece formally launched a bond swap offer to private holders of its bonds on Friday, setting in motion the ...

Thu, February 02, 2012

Texas oysters may soon be back on restaurant menus

By Corrie MacLaggan

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - At Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen in Austin, the Gulf Coast oysters on the half shell would typically come from ...

Thu, February 02, 2012

Shell eyes big growth, but at big cost

By Tom Bergin

LONDON (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell unveiled ambitious new growth plans alongside disappointing fourth quarter results on Thursday, raising concerns about how ...

Wed, February 01, 2012

Washington D.C. steps back from Internet gambling launch

By Ian Simpson

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A city panel in the U.S. capital voted on Wednesday to repeal a first-in-the-nation Internet gambling law for ...

Tue, January 31, 2012

Egypt sent back U.S. request to lift travel ban

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's justice minister said on Tuesday he had sent back a letter from the U.S. ambassador that asked for an ...

Mon, January 30, 2012

Back on campaign trail, Santorum says daughter improving

By Bruce Olson

COTTLEVILLE, Mo (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said on Monday that his three-year-old daughter was getting better at a hospital ...

Mon, January 30, 2012

Wall Street ends week higher before Greece decision

By Chuck Mikolajczak

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks edged higher on Friday, but investors stayed cautious before a long holiday weekend when hopes ...

Sun, January 29, 2012

Bomb blasts bring death to Syria's Aleppo

By Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Dominic Evans

AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Twin bomb blasts hit Syrian military and security buildings in the northern city of ...

Sat, January 28, 2012

Irish voters would back EU fiscal treaty: poll

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish voters would narrowly back a proposed European Union treaty to tighten budget rules if it was put to a referendum, an ...

Fri, January 27, 2012

Romney, in comeback, has narrow Maine caucus win

By Ros Krasny

PORTLAND, Maine (Reuters) - Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney grabbed back some momentum after midweek losses in three states, scoring a narrow ...

Fri, January 27, 2012

Biden says Democrats can win back control of House

CAMBRIDGE, Maryland (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden told Democratic lawmakers on Friday that he believes their party can regain control of the House of ...

Fri, January 27, 2012

Obama officials back bill to hit China subsidies

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's administration is pressing Congress to restore an important weapon in the U.S. arsenal against subsidized imports from ...

Fri, January 27, 2012

Analysis: Republican Romney back on track in White House race

By John Whitesides

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mitt Romney is back on track.

Less than a week after a stinging setback in South Carolina, Romney moved ...

Thu, January 26, 2012

"Welcome Back, Kotter" star Robert Hegyes dies at age 60

By Alex Dobuzinskis

(Reuters) - Robert Hegyes, who played the Jewish Puerto Rican wisecracking student Juan Epstein in 1970s comedy "Welcome Back, Kotter," died on ...

Thu, January 26, 2012

Plushenko goes back in time in Olympic quest

By Sonia Oxley

SHEFFIELD, England (Reuters) - Former Olympic champion Yevgeny Plushenko was in pain, had not competed internationally for two years and had simplified ...

Thu, January 26, 2012

AIG debates if it could buy back AIA in future

By Paritosh Bansal

DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - American International Group Chairman Steve Miller said on Thursday the bailed-out insurance giant may eventually want to buy ...

Tue, January 24, 2012

After nearly 60 years, beards are back at Disney

By Barbara Liston

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Six of Snow White's seven dwarves have them, along with Merlin the Magician and Aladdin's genie ...

Tue, January 24, 2012

EU exec to back veto on D.Boerse/NYSE merger: source

By Foo Yun Chee

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission will follow EU antitrust chief Joaquin Almunia's advice to block the merger of Deutsche ...

Tue, January 24, 2012

Russian handset sales back to pre-crisis level: MTS

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Total sales of mobile handsets in Russia rose an estimated 16 percent last year and returned to volume levels not seen since ...

Tue, January 24, 2012

Bernanke has "finger on trigger" for new bond buys

By Ann Saphir and Jonathan Spicer

CHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve has moved closer to embarking on a new round of its ...

Mon, January 23, 2012

TI says chip demand is improving; to close 2 factories

By Sinead Carew

(Reuters) - Texas Instruments Inc reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter chip sales as customers in a broad array of industries replenished depleted inventories.

TI ...

Mon, January 23, 2012

Wall Street cuts losses on late buying

By Angela Moon

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks trimmed losses to end little changed on Friday, as investors saw dips in the market as an ...

Sun, January 22, 2012

RIM shares bounce back after shuffle-related drop

TORONTO (Reuters) - Shares of Research In Motion rose 8.6 percent on Wednesday, rebounding after two days of declines on disappointment over the choice ...

Sat, January 21, 2012

Bullied as a kid, Peter Jackson fights back on film

By Zorianna Kit

PARK CITY, Utah (Reuters) - The high-profile case of the West Memphis Three murderers might seem like an odd choice of films ...

Fri, January 20, 2012

Johnson pulls out of Humana Challenge with back injury

(Reuters) - American world number eight Dustin Johnson withdrew from the Humana Challenge at La Quinta, California, midway through Friday's second round due to ...

Fri, January 20, 2012

Courts push back on bribery prosecutions

By Aruna Viswanatha

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the Justice Department has stepped up its enforcement of an anti-foreign bribery law, it has faced the expected ...

Fri, January 20, 2012

Megaupload site wants assets back, to fight charges

By Jeremy Pelofsky

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Internet website Megaupload.com, shut down by U.S. authorities over allegations that it illegally peddled copyrighted material ...

Fri, January 20, 2012

Grace goes four clear as Olazabal rolls back years

By Ken Borland

GEORGE, South Africa (Reuters) - South African Branden Grace stormed into a four-shot lead after the Volvo Golf Champions second round Friday ...

Thu, January 19, 2012

Megaupload site wants assets back, to fight charges

By Jeremy Pelofsky

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Internet website Megaupload.com, shut down by authorities over allegations that it illegally peddled copyrighted material, is trying ...

Thu, January 19, 2012

Public employees hit back in pension fight

By Lisa Lambert

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Public employees in the United States are striking back at what they see as attacks on their pensions.

Recently ...

Thu, January 19, 2012

S&P hits back at Italian investigators

By Giulio Piovaccari and Sara Rossi

MILAN (Reuters) - Ratings agency Standard & Poors hit back at Italian prosecutors on Thursday after sources said its offices in Milan were visited by tax police pursuing a probe into the impact of S&P's reports on Italian share prices.

"S&P is surprised and dismayed by these investigations into our independent ratings," S&P said in a statement sent by email. "The claims being made are baseless and entirely without merit, and we will vigorously defend our actions, our reputation and that of our analysts."

A source close to S&P confirmed Italian tax police had carried out the visit but declined further comment.

An investigative source said the move was part of a probe being carried out by prosecutors in the southern Italian town of Trani.

"I only know that it's part of the Trani investigations, but I don't know any more," S&P defence lawyer Giuseppe Fornari said on his way in to the S&P offices.

In August Italian prosecutors seized documents at S&P's offices in Milan following complaints from Italian consumer groups over the impact of its reports about Italy on Milan stock prices.

One of the complaints filed in May last year targeted Standard & Poor's after it threatened to downgrade Italy's credit rating because of its huge public debt.

Prosecutors are investigating whether crimes of market manipulation and illicit use of privileged information were committed when S&P's reports were released in May, June and July 2011, prompting a sell-off of Italian assets.

Earlier this month S&P hit the euro zone with a downgrade of half the countries in the single currency area, including Italy, fuelling long-standing frustration with rating agencies.

A day after the downgrades, a leading political ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged legislation to reduce the reliance of institutional investors on ratings agencies.

Separately on Thursday, sources said tax police had carried out routine checks at S&P's Milan headquarters at the end of November, which had thrown up "interesting" findings, but added that Milan prosecutors had not opened an investigation.

(Additional reporting by Stephen Jewkes; Editing by Hans-Juergen Peters and David Holmes)

Thu, January 19, 2012

Tomic takes a bow after Federer-Nadal show

By Ian Ransom

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal starred for the old establishment in a daytime double-feature at the Australian Open Friday ...

Wed, January 18, 2012

Giants' Manning back at practice after one-day bug

EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Reuters) - New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning returned to practice on Thursday after a stomach bug forced him to miss ...

Wed, January 18, 2012

Angel dust back in New York, drug ring busted

By Aman Ali

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Angel dust, the scourge of New York City in the 1970s, is back in the hands of drug ...

Wed, January 18, 2012

John Mayer back in spotlight, strumming new guitar

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When Grammy-winning singer John Mayer returns to the musical spotlight in 2012, he's going to let his guitar do his ...

Tue, January 17, 2012

Seattle faces unusually strong snowfall

By Laura L. Myers and Elaine Porterfield

SEATTLE (Reuters) - A Pacific storm blanketed Seattle in more than 4 inches of snow on Wednesday, forcing ...

Tue, January 17, 2012

Agency orders AirTran pilot reinstated with back pay

(Reuters) - AirTran Airways must reinstate a pilot it fired after he reported numerous mechanical concerns and pay him more than $1 million in back ...

Mon, January 16, 2012

Djokovic opens back where it all began

By Nick Mulvenney

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Defending Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic has much to live up to after his spectacular feats last year.

Now ...

Mon, January 16, 2012

Federer, untroubled by back, eases into second

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Roger Federer showed no sign of back trouble, testing it at every opportunity, as he cruised into the second round of the ...

Sun, January 15, 2012

Iran warns of consequences if Arabs back oil sanctions

By Ramin Mostafavi

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran warned Gulf Arab neighbors they would suffer consequences if they raised oil output to replace Iranian crude facing ...

Sun, January 15, 2012

Vonn bounces back with Cortina win

By Patrick Lang

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (Reuters) - American Lindsey Vonn showed she had fully recovered from a stomach complaint which has hampered her ...

Sun, January 15, 2012

Nadal hits back over motivation doubts

By Ian Ransom

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - A combative Rafa Nadal returned serve at skeptics who have questioned his motivation at the Australian Open on Sunday ...

Sat, January 14, 2012

Evangelical leaders back Santorum

By Deborah Charles

COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) - Influential evangelical Christian leaders endorsed Rick Santorum on Saturday for the Republican presidential nomination, in an attempt ...

Sat, January 14, 2012

Doomed liner's captain trades blame with shipowners

By Antonella Cinelli

GIGLIO, Italy (Reuters) - The operators of the Costa Concordia faced questions over their share of the blame for the shipwreck, as ...

Sat, January 14, 2012

Sleeping giant Serena ready to take back throne

By Ian Ransom

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Serena Williams has played two matches in five months and comes into the Australian Open still feeling the effects ...

Fri, January 13, 2012

Sempra reborn as Freepoint Commodities, luring bankers back

By David Sheppard and Jeanine Prezioso

(Reuters) - Sempra, the commodity trading powerhouse that boasted a decade-long profit streak before it was sold four years ...

Fri, January 13, 2012

Failed Russian space probe plunging back to Earth

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A stranded Russian science satellite, loaded with rocket fuel for a roundtrip mission to Mars, is expected ...

Fri, January 13, 2012

Another Groupon rival pulls back on deals effort

By Alistair Barr

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Online retailer Rue La La, has stepped back from its Rue Local daily deal business, the latest Groupon ...

Fri, January 13, 2012

Triumphant Djokovic returns with target on his back

By Ian Ransom

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Like a Roman general feted after a glorious campaign, Serb conqueror Novak Djokovic returns to Melbourne Park after one ...

Thu, January 12, 2012

U.S. military chief: Leaders back reshaping with smaller force

By Wade Rawlins

DURHAM, North Carolina (Reuters) - The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Thursday that military leaders supported the reshaping ...

Thu, January 12, 2012

Back pain a distant memory for pacesetting DeLaet

(Reuters) - A year after back surgery almost entirely wiped out his 2011 campaign, pain-free Canadian Graham DeLaet made a near-perfect start to his 2012 ...

Thu, January 12, 2012

Obama's uncle back in court in drunk driving case

By Lauren Keiper

FRAMINGHAM, Mass (Reuters) - An attorney for President Barack Obama's uncle asked a Massachusetts court on Thursday to suppress evidence from ...

Wed, January 11, 2012

Kubica back in hospital after icy slip

(Reuters) - Polish Formula One driver Robert Kubica, who has not raced since a near-fatal crash last February, was taken to hospital in Italy on ...

Tue, January 10, 2012

Court sets back Oklahoma's ban on Islamic law

(Reuters) - An Oklahoma initiative that would prevent its courts from considering Islamic law in deciding cases likely discriminates against religion, a federal appeals court ...

Tue, January 10, 2012

Court sets back Oklahoma's proposed ban on Islamic law

(Reuters) - An Oklahoma initiative that would prevent its courts from considering Islamic law in deciding cases likely discriminates against religion, a federal appeals court ...

Tue, January 10, 2012

MF Global UK clients back KPMG in vote

By Luke Jeffs

LONDON (Reuters) - MF Global UK administrator KPMG has won the backing of the failed broker's clients to push ahead with ...

Mon, January 09, 2012

Raikkonen back on track this month

LONDON (Reuters) - Kimi Raikkonen will prepare for his Formula One comeback with some laps in a two-year-old Renault race car in Spain this month ...

Sat, January 07, 2012

Texans get back to basics - and winning

(Reuters) - The Houston Texans got back to basics to beat the Cincinnati Bengals in their AFC wild-card playoff game on Saturday with head coach ...

Sat, January 07, 2012

Israel vows to hit back after credit cards hacked

By Dan Williams

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said on Saturday the online publication of thousands of its citizens' credit card details by a hacker who ...

Fri, January 06, 2012

Focus shifts back to U.S. earnings

By Caroline Valetkevitch

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks have strayed from their recent link to euro moves, and the start of U.S. corporate earnings ...

Fri, January 06, 2012

Federer pulls out of Qatar with back pain

By Matt Smith

(Reuters) - Roger Federer pulled out of the Qatar Open due to back pain on Friday only 10 days before the start ...

Wed, January 04, 2012

Sinead O'Connor says fourth marriage back on

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Irish singer Sinead O'Connor says she has reunited with her fourth husband after a short-lived marriage and an even shorter ...

Tue, January 03, 2012

Mead Johnson shares bounce back as FDA clears Enfamil formula

(Reuters) - Shares of Mead Johnson rose over 5 percent before the bell on Tuesday, after U.S. health officials said on Friday that the ...

Tue, January 03, 2012

Bloated banks cut back on one-week ECB loans

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Banks cut their intake of one-week European Central Bank funding by just under 15 billion euros on Tuesday, as they continued to ...

Wed, December 28, 2011

Ron Paul fights back against anti-Israel allegations

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, battling allegations he is anti-Israel, praised it as one of the United States's most important allies ...

Tue, December 27, 2011

Obama approval back in positive territory: Gallup

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's job approval rating climbed steadily this month as he fought Republicans to extend the payroll tax cut and ...

Sun, December 25, 2011

Syrian rebel leader threatens to escalate attacks

By Dominic Evans and Erika Solomon

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The commander of Syria's armed rebels has threatened to step up attacks on President Bashar ...

Fri, December 23, 2011

Gaunt George Michael says "fortunate to be here"

By Michelle Martin

LONDON (Reuters) - A gaunt and breathless George Michael tearfully thanked his doctors and fans on Friday for seeing him through a ...

Wed, December 21, 2011

Federal agency scales back Nevada mustang roundup

By Stephen Ward

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Federal land managers said on Wednesday they have decided to scale back a disputed roundup of wild horses ...

Wed, December 21, 2011

"X Factor" brings wins for "shocked" Amaro, and Fox

By Jill Serjeant

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "The X Factor" winner Melanie Amaro said on Friday she was shocked at her victory but believed that ...

Tue, December 20, 2011

Two Iowa faith leaders back Republican Santorum

By John Whitesides

URBANDALE, Iowa (Reuters) - Two prominent Iowa religious conservative leaders endorsed Republican Rick Santorum on Tuesday, bolstering his longshot presidential bid and ...

Sat, December 17, 2011

Selanne skates back to hero's welcome in Winnipeg

By Rod Nickel

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Teemu Selanne skated onto Winnipeg ice for the first time in 15 years to a hero's welcome ...

Fri, December 16, 2011

Obama, pushing back at Republicans, defends Israel

By Matt Spetalnick

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama assured Jewish voters on Friday he remains committed to Israel's security and a two-state solution ...

Fri, December 16, 2011

Experts may be allowed to back John Edwards' case at trial

By Colleen Jenkins

GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday left the door open for former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards to ...

Fri, December 16, 2011

Romney raises doubts about Gingrich in South Carolina

By Steve Holland

CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney sought to create doubts about rival Newt Gingrich among South Carolina ...

Wed, December 14, 2011

Insight: Trading EU summits: Hope to despair and back again

By Steven C. Johnson

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Buy the rumor, sell the EU summit.

Eight times this year, European Union leaders have met to ...

Wed, December 14, 2011

OPEC oil deal puts Saudi back in charge

By Humeyra Pamuk and Amena Bakr

VIENNA (Reuters) - OPEC oil producers on Wednesday sealed their first new output agreement in three years in a ...

Wed, December 14, 2011

Young American golfers will hit back, says Poulter

By Ian Ransom

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - While European golfers are currently hogging the limelight and dominating the world rankings, Briton Ian Poulter expects a crop ...

Tue, December 13, 2011

Port operations back to normal after protest disruptions

OAKLAND, Calif (Reuters) - Operations were back to normal on Tuesday at West Coast ports, a day after a series of anti-Wall Street protests disrupted ...

Tue, December 13, 2011

Sherlock Holmes back for more in "Game of Shadows"

By Iain Blair

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In 2009, British film writer/director Guy Ritchie shocked Sherlock Holmes purists by rebooting the classic crime-fighting character ...

Mon, December 12, 2011

Some back pain patients can skip the MRI: study

By Julie Steenhuysen

CHICAGO (Reuters) - People who get steroid injections to ease back pain do not need an MRI scan, which does little to ...

Mon, December 12, 2011

Cowboys lose running back Murray for season

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Sun, December 11, 2011

Eagles bring Dolphins back down to earth

By Simon Evans

MIAMI (Reuters) - If a run of three home wins suggested the Miami Dolphins had turned the corner after their miserable 0-7 ...

Fri, December 09, 2011

Romney looks to bounce back after $10,000 bet gaffe

By Ros Krasny

HUDSON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Republican Mitt Romney was back on familiar turf in New Hampshire on Sunday, looking to steady his ...

Thu, December 08, 2011

Ford brings back dividend after 5-year gap

By Deepa Seetharaman

DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co restored its dividend for the first time in five years on Thursday, with a quarterly payout ...

Wed, December 07, 2011

Ohio jury votes to send convicted killer back to death row

By Kim Palmer

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - An Ohio jury Wednesday recommended the death penalty for convicted murderer Rayshawn Johnson, 13 years after his original death ...

Mon, December 05, 2011

Putin's dilemma: how to win back Russian voters?

By Timothy Heritage

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian voters have sent Vladimir Putin a clear message that he must do more to keep them happy if ...

Mon, December 05, 2011

MetLife sees 2012 growth, going back to Fed soon

By Ben Berkowitz

(Reuters) - MetLife expects operating earnings to rise as much as 7 percent in 2012, the largest life insurer in the United ...

Fri, December 02, 2011

Sabres' goalie Miller back in lineup after concussion

(Reuters) - Buffalo Sabres goalie Ryan Miller is returning to the team's lineup on Friday for the first time since suffering a concussion nearly ...

Fri, December 02, 2011

Miller back in "miraculous" form

By Manuele Lang

BEAVER CREEK, Colorado (Reuters) - Bode Miller reckoned it took a miracle for him to surge back and win his first World ...

Fri, December 02, 2011

Occupy Richmond protesters back Tea Party against city

By Matthew Ward

(Reuters) - Despite political differences with the conservative Tea Party movement, anti-Wall Street protesters in Richmond, Virginia, have come out in support ...

Fri, December 02, 2011

Yarnell's Ice Cream to come back from the dead in Arkansas

By Suzi Parker

LITTLE ROCK, Ark (Reuters) - Searcy, Arkansas, received an early Christmas present this week when a Chicago company announced it would resume ...

Fri, December 02, 2011

U.S. hands main war base, Saddam palaces back to Iraq

By Jim Loney

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. military passed a milestone in its pending withdrawal from Iraq on Friday, vacating its vast main ...

Thu, December 01, 2011

Scandal-hit UBS ousts risk boss Miskovic

By Katharina Bart and Emma Thomasson

ZURICH (Reuters) - UBS removed its head of risk Maureen Miskovic on Thursday after less than a year in ...

Wed, November 30, 2011

Suspect in Aruba disappearance back in United States

MIAMI (Reuters) - A U.S. businessman held for nearly four months on the Caribbean island of Aruba as a suspect in the disappearance of ...

Tue, November 29, 2011

Lehman says wins broad support for bankruptcy plan

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc said on Tuesday it has won overwhelming support for its reorganization plan, including from creditors with $400 ...

Tue, November 29, 2011

Republicans back payroll tax cut extension

By Richard Cowan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in Congress on Tuesday threw their support behind a payroll tax cut extension, trying to blunt charges ahead ...

Sun, November 27, 2011

Chelsea Handler brings back "After Lately"

By Sabrina Ford

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chelsea Handler may have more jobs than James Franco -- award-winning actor, daytime television star, writer, director, novelist, academic ...

Sun, November 27, 2011

Toyota aims to bring fun back with "86" sports car

By Chang-Ran Kim, Asia autos correspondent

OYAMA-CHO, Japan (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> unveiled a highly anticipated sports car that it hopes will trigger the ...

Sat, November 26, 2011

Sailing-Iker bounces back to take Volvo Ocean race first leg

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - World sailor of the year Iker Martinez jumped from bottom to top spot when Telefonica stormed in past Table Mountain to ...

Sat, November 26, 2011

National marches back to power in New Zealand

By Ed Davies

AUCKLAND (Reuters) - The ruling center-right National Party returned to power in a crushing win in New Zealand's general election on ...

Fri, November 25, 2011

U.S. credit raters set back on First Amendment: judge

By Jonathan Stempel

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Fri, November 25, 2011

Dow and S&P 500 post best week since Christmas

By Caroline Valetkevitch

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks posted their best week since Christmas, even with a mixed finish on Friday after strong earnings from ...

Thu, November 24, 2011

M&S brings comfy knickers and curry back to Paris

By Alexandria Sage and Vicky Buffery

PARIS (Reuters) - The French may scoff at British cooking and fashion, but retailer Marks & Spencer reckons France is yearning for its ready-made chicken tikka masala, gourmet chutney and sensible knickers.

The veteran British store opened a flagship store on Paris's Champs-Elysees Thursday after a decade's absence from French soil, bringing the taste and feel of the British Isles to a city that sees itself as a world capital of food and fashion.

Britain's biggest clothing retailer, known too for its home goods and upmarket food, sparked howls of protest in 2001 when it shut up shop in France to stem losses in mainland Western Europe and focus on its home turf, leaving British expatriates and anglophile Parisians bereft.

The return to France is part of a new international strategy to open stores and websites in a handful of countries, rather than the scattergun approach of the past. Goods at the Paris store will be priced around 10 percent higher than in Britain, but M&S said they would be competitive for the French market.

"I am impatiently waiting for the reopening," said Karine, a French TV producer and blogger who preferred not to give her last name. "For me, it's a little like Proust and his madeleine."

While underwear is at the top of the list for many a female M&S shopper -- "They're the only ones to do super comfy underwear," said Karine -- food is also a major draw.

Karine's list of remembered favorite foods from the 127-year-old retailer included "crumpets, scones, pies, chutney, Indian food" -- foodstuffs rarely seen elsewhere in France.

Clothes, lingerie and food are the things M&S Chief Executive Marc Bolland said French shoppers were after as they lobbied the retailer to open once more in Paris.

"We don't only want expats," Bolland told reporters during a store walkthrough Wednesday evening. "It's the French who are asking us for scones."

Veronique Turban, another Parisian shopper who spoke to Reuters before the M&S opening, said she had missed the retailer's smoked salmon sandwiches, and expressly cited its trousers made in three different lengths -- long, regular and short -- a true example of British practicality.

"My husband has really short legs, so it's ideal," she said.

The opening came as the Financial Times reported that the head of M&S's clothing and homewares business was in talks to take a senior job at online fashion retailer ASOS . M&S declined to comment.

MENSWEAR, FOOD ITEMS LACKING

M&S posted a 10 percent drop in first-half earnings this month as Britons curbed their spending amid a gloomy economic environment.

With British retail in a rut, analysts say expansion abroad makes sense and believe a flagship M&S store on the Champs-Elysees will be a big draw.

Paris newspapers have been abuzz for months over the store's opening on the tree-lined avenue, a grandiose commercial hub that crawls with tourists all year round and where U.S. clothing chain Abercrombie & Fitch recently opened a store.

However, some shoppers may be disappointed by the small, 1,400 square meter Paris store, which devotes most its space to fashion and does not run to men's clothing.

Washable cashmere sweaters, classic short black dresses and trendy accessories like faux-fur hats and purses fill two levels, leaving less space for lingerie and food.

The food area, crammed into only about 100 square meters, includes such British stalwarts as multi-flavored crisps, biscuits, white bread, Scotch Eggs and bacon. Sandwiches are prepared and packaged each morning in Britain before being shipped over the Channel, Bolland said.

While salad cream and Christmas puddings are also on offer -- as is M&S's chicken tikka masala portions for 4.99 euros a piece -- the food section size and selection appears to be geared more to busy office workers on the go than true foodies hankering for British cuisine.

A bigger selection in food and clothing will be available after M&S opens three more stores in Paris in larger formats, said Bolland. A store pegged to open in early 2013 near the Eiffel Tower, for example, will be about 4,500 square meters.

M&S is also looking for Paris venues for its Simply Food chain.

A French Marks & Spencer website is already up and running and has received 200,000 visits in five weeks, said Bolland, although he did not reveal how many purchases that included.

"It's a little difficult to introduce food to France, but we're making an effort," said Bolland.

(Additional reporting by James Davey and Mark Potter; Editing by Catherine Bremer ...

Wed, November 23, 2011

Bills running back Jackson out for season with broken leg

- (Reuters) - Buffalo Bills running back Fred Jackson will miss the rest of the National Football League season with a broken bone in his lower ...

Wed, November 23, 2011

Probe of missing Missouri baby Lisa Irwin scaled back

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - Police and the FBI have disbanded a command post set up to investigate the disappearance of Missouri infant Lisa Irwin ...

Tue, November 22, 2011

Fed officials warm to communications changes

By Mark Felsenthal

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve appears to be edging closer to providing financial markets with more detail to gauge the likely ...

Fri, November 18, 2011

Massachusetts considering ban on Romney records

By Mark Hosenball

BOSTON (Reuters) - Massachusetts officials are reviewing a 14-year-old state court ruling to determine whether they should ban public access to paper ...

Wed, November 16, 2011

Harrisburg incinerator operator pushes back in memo

By Mark Shade

HARRISBURG, Pa (Reuters) - The company hired to fix the focal point of Harrisburg's financial troubles is working to convince its ...

Wed, November 16, 2011

"Ricky's Back!" as host of Golden Globes

By Bob Tourtellotte

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hold onto your award-winning seats Hollywood. Ricky Gervais will return as host of the upcoming Golden Globe Awards ...

Tue, November 15, 2011

In dramatic reversal, Qatar signs $6.5 billion

By Tim Hepher and Praveen Menon

DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar Airways finally returned to the table to sign a $6.5-billion deal with Airbus hours ...

Mon, November 14, 2011

Exclusive: Olympus accounting tricks queried back in 1990s

By Tim Kelly and Kevin Gray

TOKYO/MIAMI (Reuters) - An investment banker raised concerns about dubious accounting at Japan's disgraced Olympus Corp as ...

Mon, November 14, 2011

Deficit "super committee" stalled as deadline looms

By Donna Smith and Patrick Temple-West

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Both sides of Congress' deadlocked "super committee" held separate talks on Saturday, but formal negotiations remained ...

Mon, November 14, 2011

'Weeds' Coming Back for Eighth Season

It took a lot of time and negotiations, but Showtime has renewed its longest-running show, Weeds, for and eighth season.

There will be 13 ...

Sun, November 13, 2011

'Weeds' Coming Back for Eighth Season

It took a lot of time and negotiations, but Showtime has renewed its longest-running show, Weeds, for and eighth season.

There will be 13 ...

Sat, November 12, 2011

'Weeds' Coming Back for Eighth Season

It took a lot of time and negotiations, but Showtime has renewed its longest-running show, Weeds, for and eighth season.

There will be 13 ...

Wed, November 09, 2011

Rourke tried to turn his back on action films after The Wrestler

The star pushed his body to the limit to shoot director Darren Aronofsky's 2008 action drama, in which he portrays an ageing professional ...

Tue, November 08, 2011

Rourke tried to turn his back on action films after The Wrestler

The star pushed his body to the limit to shoot director Darren Aronofsky's 2008 action drama, in which he portrays an ageing professional ...

Mon, November 07, 2011

Craig back as Bond in Skyfall

The 23rd installment in the franchise, which will see the superspy travel to London, China, Turkey and Scotland, was officially unveiled at a press ...

Mon, November 07, 2011

Fox Lures Andy Serkis Back for 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes' Sequel

Why money Serkis?

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Sun, November 06, 2011

Craig back as Bond in Skyfall

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Sun, November 06, 2011

Fox Lures Andy Serkis Back for 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes' Sequel

Why money Serkis?

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Sat, November 05, 2011

Craig back as Bond in Skyfall

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Sat, November 05, 2011

Fox Lures Andy Serkis Back for 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes' Sequel

Why money Serkis?

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Fri, November 04, 2011

Craig back as Bond in Skyfall

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Thu, November 03, 2011

Casting Roundup: Michelle Trachtenberg Back on 'Gossip Girl,' Seinfeld Takes Regis' Chair

Halloween has passed, but Gossip Girl has yet to experience its most horrifying moment this season: the return of Georgina Sparks, played to wicked ...

Mon, October 31, 2011

Back-to-Back Independence Day Sequels to Invade Earth

A follow-up to the mega-blockbuster Independence Day has been rumored since its debut back in 1996. After 15 years, any hope rabid fans (including ...

Sun, October 30, 2011

Back-to-Back Independence Day Sequels to Invade Earth

A follow-up to the mega-blockbuster Independence Day has been rumored since its debut back in 1996. After 15 years, any hope rabid fans (including ...

Sat, October 29, 2011

Back-to-Back Independence Day Sequels to Invade Earth

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Fri, October 28, 2011

NBC Pushes 'Awake' Back to Develop the Series Further

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Thu, October 27, 2011

Rancic goes back to work after cancer surgery

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Wed, October 26, 2011

Rancic goes back to work after cancer surgery

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Mon, October 24, 2011

Rooney's assistant hits back at abuse and fraud claims

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Mon, October 24, 2011

Eminem's boxing film back on

MGM executives have reportedly picked up the Antoine Fuqua film, which will feature the rapper as a welterweight fighter.

The film, which is set ...

Mon, October 24, 2011

Baldwin divorce back on

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Mon, October 24, 2011

O'Hurley back for more Chicago as show celebrates 15 years on Broadway

The actor, who first played shady lawyer Billy Flynn on stage in 2006, will reprise the role from 1 November (11) for a limited ...

Mon, October 24, 2011

Exclusive: Col. Grant Accuses Latif of Being a Terrorist in New 'Strike Back' Clip

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Sun, October 23, 2011

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Sun, October 23, 2011

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Sun, October 23, 2011

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Sun, October 23, 2011

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Sun, October 23, 2011

Exclusive: Col. Grant Accuses Latif of Being a Terrorist in New 'Strike Back' Clip

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Sat, October 22, 2011

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Sat, October 22, 2011

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Sat, October 22, 2011

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Sat, October 22, 2011

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Sat, October 22, 2011

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Fri, October 21, 2011

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Fri, October 21, 2011

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Thu, October 20, 2011

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Thu, October 20, 2011

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Wed, October 19, 2011

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Wed, October 19, 2011

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Tue, October 18, 2011

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Mon, October 17, 2011

Boreanaz's rep hits back at website offer and cheating remarks

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Mon, October 17, 2011

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Mon, October 17, 2011

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Mon, October 17, 2011

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Sun, October 16, 2011

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Sun, October 16, 2011

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Sun, October 16, 2011

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Sun, October 16, 2011

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Sat, October 15, 2011

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Fri, October 14, 2011

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Fri, October 14, 2011

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Fri, October 14, 2011

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Fri, October 14, 2011

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Fri, October 14, 2011

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Fri, October 14, 2011

Rating cut puts Spain back on crisis radar

MADRID (Reuters) - Standard & Poor's cut Spain's credit rating Friday, sending the euro briefly lower and underlining the challenges facing Europe's major powers as they meet G20 counterparts over the euro-zone debt crisis.

S&P, whose move mirrored that by fellow ratings agency Fitch last week, cited high unemployment, tightening credit and high private-sector debt among reasons for cutting the nation's long-term rating to AA- from AA.

Spanish 10-year government bond yields rose slightly in response, although they remained almost 60 basis points lower than those of Italy and, at 5.27 percent, some distance from the 7 percent level widely regarded as unsustainable.

"Despite signs of resilience in economic performance during 2011, we see heightened risks to Spain's growth prospects due to high unemployment, tighter financial conditions, the still high level of private sector debt, and the likely economic slowdown in Spain's main trading partners," S&P said.

It also noted the "incomplete state" of labor market reform and the likelihood of further asset deterioration for Spain's banks, and downgraded its forecast for Spanish economic growth in 2012 to about 1 percent, from the 1.5 percent it forecast in February.

High yields on Spanish government bonds point to concerns that it could be the next euro zone economy to require a Greece-style bailout, and despite an unpopular austerity program, doubts remain that Spain will meet its deficit target of 6 percent of GDP this year.

The Financial Times quoted a senior Spanish official as saying that meeting the 6 percent deficit target would be "difficult."

But Spain's Economy Minister Elena Salgado said later on Friday that there would be some margin for maneuver this year thanks about 2 billion euros raised by an auction of wireless frequencies and lower interest payments.

"Interest payments by the central government will be at least 2 billion euros below budget. So the combined effect of the spectrum auction and lower interest payments will mean we have a margin of 0.4 percent (of GDP)" Salgado said.

BETTER PIIGS

S&P announced the downgrade as finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the world's 20 biggest economies were due to meet later Friday in Paris amid pressure to find an urgent and convincing solution to the deepening debt crisis.

Spanish unemployment, at 21 percent, is the highest in the European Union, reflecting a stagnant economy, the collapse of a decade-long housing boom and cuts aimed at taming a public sector deficit that reached 11.1 percent of GDP in 2009.

The decision to shelve multi-billion-euro privatization plans, mainly due to tough market conditions, has meanwhile deprived the state of much needed revenues.

"The market's perception of Spain is that it's in a stronger position (than other debt-laden states) - with a strong defense on bank capitalization in place from the FROB bad bank fund, aggressive government action to control and cut spending and a 70 percent debt/GDP ratio," said Bill Blain, senior director at broker NewEdge Group.

"The biggest problem, but the issue I read least about, is the unresolved crisis between central government making cuts and the reticence of regions to follow," he said.

Salgado said the government will shortly announce its plans to ensure Spain's heavily-indebted regions meet their tough 2011 deficit targets.[nE8E7L700E]

JOB DILEMMA

A botched labor market reform in 2010 did little to alleviate joblessness that is concentrated mainly amongst younger Spaniards, and a new government after November 20 general elections will be under pressure to tackle the issue.

The center-right People's Party is expected to win the election easily and deepen austerity measures but they have shied away from presenting specific policy measures for fear of eroding public support.

Like Fitch, which also now rates Spain at AA-, S&P signaled further possible downgrades for Spain, saying there was still a risk the euro zone's fourth-largest economy could slip into recession next year, with a 0.5 percent contraction.

The euro reached a session low of $1.3723 after the downgrade, but later recovered on reports the European Central Bank was buying Spanish and Italian debt.

Hopes that G20 officials would agree on the outlines of a plan to resolve the debt crisis ahead of a European Union summit on October 23 also buoyed the shared currency, which remained on course for its biggest weekly rally since January.

Spain's blue chip index was little affected by the rating cut.

Finance chiefs from outside the euro zone are expected to speak frankly when they meet their European counterparts at Friday's G20 meeting, given impatience growing over the crisis and its implications for the rest of the world.

Thursday, Fitch cut credit ratings or signaled possible downgrades for several major European banks. It downgraded UBS and Royal Bank of Scotland. It also placed Barclays Bank, BNP Paribas, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank and Societe Generale on watch negative.

(Reporting by Balazs Koranyi, Mark Bendeich, Elisabeth O'Leary and Judy MacInnes; Editing by Catherine Evans and Patrick Graham)

Thu, October 13, 2011

FDA advisers back Cook stent for leg arteries

(Reuters) - U.S. health advisers on Thursday unanimously backed a new Cook Medical stent coated with a common cancer-fighting drug to treat clogged arteries ...

Thu, October 13, 2011

Banderas back with Almodovar for "Skin I Live In"

By Iain Blair

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Handsome leading man Antonio Banderas has starred in major Hollywood films such as "Shrek" and "Zorro," but the ...

Thu, October 13, 2011

"Fight Back" phone app to protect women in India

By Nita Bhalla

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Women in India's capital, New Delhi, will soon be able to fight off potential attackers with a ...

Thu, October 13, 2011

Auction house offers up Back to the Future treasures

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Thu, October 13, 2011

Boxer Ali fights back over mansion

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Thu, October 13, 2011

'The Lone Ranger' Rides Again: Johnny Depp's Film is Back in Development

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Thu, October 13, 2011

Judge orders Redmond O'Neal back to rehab

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Thu, October 13, 2011

ABC's 'Apartment 23' Brings The Bitchy Back

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Thu, October 13, 2011

Adoptive Parent Groups Attack 'Glee' for 'Quinn Wants Her Baby Back' Storyline

Glee has stirred up its share of enmity in certain groups with regard to its depiction of homosexuality and sexually active (very sexually active ...

Wed, October 12, 2011

Carrefour warns on profit as Europeans cut back

By Dominique Vidalon

PARIS (Reuters) - Carrefour, Europe's biggest retailer, issued its fourth profit warning in as many months on Thursday, adding to signs ...

Wed, October 12, 2011

Communities fight back against post office closings

By Lily Kuo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rural communities across the United States are fighting back against the U.S. Postal Service's plans to close ...

Wed, October 12, 2011

Poll: New Jersey voters back Christie's decision not to run

By Ellen Wulfhorst

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Jersey voters strongly approve of Governor Chris Christie's decision not to run for president, giving him ...

Wed, October 12, 2011

Cowen helping Harrington to get back on track

By Norman Dabell

VILAMOURA, Portugal (Reuters) - Renowned British coach Pete Cowen and his latest pupil, Padraig Harrington, are seeking further proof this week that ...

Wed, October 12, 2011

Judge orders Redmond O'Neal back to rehab

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Tue, October 11, 2011

Tigers claw back into series with 5-2 win

By Steve Keating

DETROIT (Reuters) - Jhonny Peralta, Victor Martinez and Miguel Cabrera all hit home runs as the Detroit Tigers clawed their way back ...

Tue, October 11, 2011

Hedge fund assets back above 2006 levels: data

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Sun, October 09, 2011

Winnipeg welcomes back NHL as Montreal spoils opener

By Rod Nickel

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Winnipeg welcomed back its beloved Jets on Sunday, as the National Hockey League (NHL) returned to the western ...

Fri, October 07, 2011

Improving Tiger Woods moves into contention before slipping back

By Mark Lamport-Stokes

SAN MARTIN, California (Reuters) - Tiger Woods finally worked his way into the upper reaches of the Frys.com Open leaderboard in ...

Fri, October 07, 2011

Attorney general fires back on gun scandal

By James Vicini

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Under fire for a botched operation to track guns smuggled to Mexican drug cartels, Attorney General Eric Holder said ...

Fri, October 07, 2011

Court says Loughner can be sent back to prison facility

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Friday ruled that Tucson shooting suspect Jared Loughner must return to a federal prison facility in ...

Fri, October 07, 2011

Demi Lovato goes back on tour, year after breakdown

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Thu, October 06, 2011

CEOs say U.S. unlikely to slip back into recession

By Scott Malone

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - Corporate America's chiefs do not expect the nation to slip back into recession, but say political gridlock ...

Wed, October 05, 2011

Wal-Mart goes back to basics in holiday toy aisles

By Phil Wahba

NORTH BERGEN, New Jersey (Reuters) - Wal-Mart is taking cues from shoppers who have asked for more time to buy for the ...

Wed, October 05, 2011

AstraZeneca back in court to defend Crestor patent

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Tue, October 04, 2011

"Nemo", "Little Mermaid" swim back to big screen in 3D

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hot on the heels of the box office success of "The Lion King 3D," Disney and Pixar are reviving four of ...

Mon, October 03, 2011

Euro zone finmins back Asmussen for ECB: source

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Mon, October 03, 2011

Rowan Atkinson back as spoof spy Johnny English

LONDON (Reuters) - Rowan Atkinson is back as bumbling spy Johnny English in the sequel to his 2003 hit, but despite work on comic classics ...

Sun, October 02, 2011

Tigers bite back to level series with Yankees

By Larry Fine

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Detroit Tigers beat the New York Yankees 5-3 behind the masterful pitching of Max Scherzer and the ...

Sun, October 02, 2011

Unbeaten Lions stun Cowboys; Bills drop first game

By Julian Linden

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Detroit Lions erased a 24-point deficit to stun the Dallas Cowboys 34-30 Sunday and join the Green ...

Sat, October 01, 2011

Safina should quit because of bad back says brother

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Thu, September 29, 2011

Oracle-Autonomy battle rages with HP in the wings

By Paul Sandle

LONDON (Reuters) - Oracle and Autonomy escalated their war of words on Thursday, sparring publicly over whether the British software firm had ...

Wed, September 28, 2011

Amazon pushes Barnes & Noble's back to the wall

By Phil Wahba

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc's aggressive pricing on its Kindle devices leaves Barnes & Noble Inc little choice but to match the online retailer and update its own devices, even if that means more damage to the bookstore chain's bottom line.

Amazon introduced its long expected Kindle Fire tablet on Wednesday, as well as a touchscreen device and a cheaper version of its basic Kindle e-reader.

Those items are less expensive than their counterparts in Barnes & Noble's series of Nook devices and have the added benefit of giving consumers access to Amazon's cloud computing and entertainment services.

Barnes & Noble shares closed down 6.8 percent after falling as much as 13.3 percent earlier.

"It hurts them a lot more than it does Apple because they're so reliant on the Nook," said Michael Souers, an analyst with S&P Equity Research, forecasting lower Nook prices. "They need to maintain market share, which means their profitability is going to decline."

Barnes & Noble, which is facing an industry-wide decline in book sales, has gotten some relief from its Nook, launched in 2009 about two years after the first Kindle came on the market.

Last month, Barnes & Noble forecast sales of its Nook devices and e-books would double this year and reach $1.8 billion, or nearly a quarter of its revenue, even as its same-store sales stagnate.

Forrester Research estimates Barnes & Noble has a fifth of the e-book and e-reader market, compared with Amazon's 60 percent.

Barnes & Noble, which forecast a loss for the current fiscal year, suspended its dividend in February to hoard more money to invest in Nook.

It has so far proven a feisty challenger. It got the Nook Color to market a year before Amazon's Fire and a touchscreen version was introduced in May.

The Kindle Fire costs $199, compared with the Nook Color's $249. Amazon also lowered the price on its basic Kindle to $79, including ads. That compares with $139 for the basic Nook.

With the holidays nearing, the pressure is on. The bookseller must also contend with Amazon's ability to bundle its Kindles with other services, such as its cloud music storage and movie streaming, McQuivey said.

"It just means that Barnes & Noble has no time to really rest because on every single product front they have to respond," said Forrester Research analyst James McQuivey. "Barnes & Noble cannot offer all this media experience."

But Janney Capital Markets analyst David Strasser said he expected "a major product refresh" given that Nook Color is a year old now.

"They're going to need faster hardware for sure. The Nook is a reasonably good performing device, but it's certainly not something you'd call quick," Tim Stevens, editor in chief of technology blog Endgadget, told Reuters at the Amazon launch in New York. "And there is no access to a broad Android market like there is here."

Others say the game may still be too early to call.

"We are in the fairly early innings of the e-reader and digital transformation," said Morningtar's Peter Wahlstrom.

(Reporting by Phil Wahba in New York; additional reporting by Dhanya Skariachan)

Tue, September 27, 2011

Samsung joins forces with Intel and Microsoft

By Tarmo Virki, European Technology Correspondent

(Reuters) - Samsung Electronics unveiled on Wednesday software pacts with Intel and Microsoft as the world's No.2 ...

Tue, September 27, 2011

Geithner: Business should back development banks

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. businesses should support the role of multilateral development banks in trying to bolster global growth because their efforts help boost ...

Tue, September 27, 2011

Rick Perry looks to get back on track

By John Whitesides

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For Republican Rick Perry, the 2012 presidential race was supposed to be about jobs and anti-Washington anger. After a ...

Tue, September 27, 2011

Pakistan pushes back against U.S. charges, woos China

By John Chalmers and Chris Allbritton

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan warned the United States on Tuesday to stop accusing it of playing a double game ...

Tue, September 27, 2011

Europe again steps back from brink in debt crisis

By Stephen Brown and Madeline Chambers

BERLIN (Reuters) - Following a now-familiar script, Europe again averted disaster in its debt crisis when German lawmakers rallied ...

Mon, September 26, 2011

Berkshire to launch share buyback plan

By Ben Berkowitz

(Reuters) Warren Buffett's conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway will launch a share buyback program, an unprecedented move from Buffett that comes after ...

Sun, September 25, 2011

Bills and Lions come back to keep perfect starts

By Simon Evans

MIAMI (Reuters) - The Buffalo Bills and the Detroit Lions both staged thrilling comebacks to extend their winning starts to the National ...

Sat, September 24, 2011

Pakistani PM Gilani hits back at U.S. accusations

By John Chalmers

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan shot back on Saturday at U.S. allegations that its powerful spy agency supports the Haqqani militant group ...

Wed, September 21, 2011

A Minute With: Bob Weir looking back to Grateful Dead '72

By Mike Ayers

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Grateful Dead revisit their historic 1972 tour of Europe with the release this week of "Europe '72 ...

Tue, September 20, 2011

Weaver 'will be back' for more Avatar

The Alien star portrays botanist Grace Augustine in the futuristic 3D movie, which has become the highest-grossing film of all time and the only ...

Tue, September 20, 2011

California's rebound seen held back by inland areas

(Reuters) - California will trail the nation's economic recovery as its once fast-growing inland areas struggle for years to come with a dearth of ...

Mon, September 19, 2011

Cardinals crumble to fall back in wild card race

(Reuters) - The St Louis Cardinals allowed six runs in the ninth inning to lose 8-6 to the New York Mets on Thursday and miss ...

Mon, September 19, 2011

Doomed satellite landed in Pacific, NASA says

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Debris from a defunct six-ton NASA science satellite that crashed to Earth on Saturday fell harmlessly in ...

Mon, September 19, 2011

Chiefs running back Charles out for season with injury

(Reuters) - Kansas City Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles will miss the rest of the National Football League (NFL) season with a left knee injury ...

Mon, September 19, 2011

Brave Wawrinka puts Swiss back in Davis Cup World Group

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Stanislas Wawrinka emerged from team mate Roger Federer's shadow to seal Switzerland's return to the Davis Cup World Group after ...

Fri, September 16, 2011

Wilson back on radar to rejoin Player of Year conversation

By Steve Keating

LEMONT, Illinois (Reuters) - After dropping out of sight, Mark Wilson suddenly popped back up on radar screens on Friday by grabbing ...

Fri, September 16, 2011

Rose advances to FedExCup finale with BMW win

By Steve Keating

LEMONT, Illinois (Reuters) - Briton Justin Rose held his nerve down the stretch carding a level-par 71 to claim a two-shot win ...

Fri, September 16, 2011

House Republicans back some of Obama jobs plan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sounding cooperative but drawing a firm line on tax increases, House Republican leaders said on Friday they see some areas of possible ...

Fri, September 16, 2011

Ex-NBA player Crittenton in Georgia on murder charge

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Former professional basketball player Javaris Crittenton waived his right on Friday to appear before a magistrate judge in Georgia on a murder ...

Fri, September 16, 2011

Rapper T.I. back in Atlanta halfway house to finish sentence

By David Beasley

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Grammy Award-winning rapper T.I. is once again out of federal prison and in a halfway house, his attorney ...

Fri, September 16, 2011

Jackson back at work with Tarantino for Django

The pair first worked together in Pulp Fiction, followed by Jackie Brown, Kill Bill Vol. 2 and Inglourious Basterds two years ago (09).

Now ...

Thu, September 15, 2011

Linebacker Urlacher back on Bears duty after mother's death

(Reuters) - Linebacker Brian Urlacher gave the Chicago Bears a welcome boost on Thursday when he returned to team duty three days after the death ...

Thu, September 15, 2011

Jackson back at work with Tarantino for Django

The pair first worked together in Pulp Fiction, followed by Jackie Brown, Kill Bill Vol. 2 and Inglourious Basterds two years ago (09).

Now ...

Thu, September 15, 2011

Point Break remake is back on

The late Ghost actor and Keanu Reeves starred in the original cult film, about a gang of surfers who rob banks.

Swayze was due ...

Wed, September 14, 2011

Groupon IPO back on track: report

(Reuters) - Groupon seeks to go public in October or November, people familiar with the matter told the New York Times on Wednesday, a week ...

Wed, September 14, 2011

Point Break remake is back on

The late Ghost actor and Keanu Reeves starred in the original cult film, about a gang of surfers who rob banks.

Swayze was due ...

Tue, September 13, 2011

GE to buy back Buffett's financial crisis stake

(Reuters) - General Electric Co said on Tuesday it would buy back Berkshire Hathaway Inc's preferred stake in the largest U.S. conglomerate, handing ...

Tue, September 13, 2011

U.S. envoys Hale, Ross to head back to Mideast

By Arshad Mohammed and Susan Cornwell

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior U.S. envoys will visit the Middle East this week to try to revive peace ...

Tue, September 13, 2011

Exclusive: U.S. envoys head back to Middle East this week

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior U.S. envoys David Hale and Dennis Ross will return to the Middle East this week in hopes of reviving Israeli-Palestinian ...

Tue, September 13, 2011

Jersey Shore's Sorrentino fires back at Abercrombie & Fitch

Executives at Abercrombie & Fitch offered a ""substantial payment"" to the TV personality last month (Aug11) to stop him wearing their brand, claiming he could ...

Mon, September 12, 2011

Analysis: Bachmann comes back to life in Republican debate

By Steve Holland

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Michele Bachmann won a new lease on life for her fizzling presidential campaign by aggressively targeting Republican front-runner Rick ...

Mon, September 12, 2011

Saudi prince calls on U.S. to back Palestinian U.N. status

DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's former top U.S. diplomat pressed the United States to support a Palestinian bid to upgrade its U.N ...

Mon, September 12, 2011

Back To The Future II shoe available four years before they were in the film

Only 1,500 pairs of the Nike Air Mag shoes will be available at auction on eBay.com, according to TMZ.com.

Ironically, the ...

Mon, September 12, 2011

Exclusive Clip From This Week's New Episode of 'Strike Back'

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Sun, September 11, 2011

After Fukushima, mother fights to get her life back

By Antoni Slodkowski

FUKUSHIMA PREFECTURE, Japan (Reuters) - Even before the March 11 earthquake and tsunami struck knocking out the Fukushima nuclear plant, Aya's ...

Sun, September 11, 2011

Back To The Future II shoe available four years before they were in the film

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Ironically, the ...

Sun, September 11, 2011

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Sat, September 10, 2011

Back To The Future II shoe available four years before they were in the film

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Sat, September 10, 2011

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Fri, September 09, 2011

High-profile women look back on life in "Tanner Hall"

By Zorianna Kit

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Tatiana von Furstenberg and Francesca Gregorini may be first-time filmmakers telling a tale of growing up as privileged ...

Fri, September 09, 2011

AT&T fights back at U.S. challenge of T-Mobile deal

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - AT&T Inc and T-Mobile USA fought back against the Justice Department's challenge to their proposed merger, arguing the deal would "usher in more intense competition."

AT&T and T-Mobile, owned by Deutsche Telekom AG, argued in a federal court filing on Friday that the massive $39 billion deal would free up spectrum and create new capacity for Americans whose mobile devices are transmitting increasingly large amounts of data.

"The Justice Department's complaint fails to come to grips with the significant efficiencies this transaction will generate," the companies said in their filing.

In the brief, AT&T asked the court to allow its purchase of T-Mobile to go forward and to require the Justice Department to pay its costs in the challenge.

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit aimed at stopping the deal last week, saying the acquisition of T-Mobile USA, the No. 4 carrier, by AT&T, the No. 2, would harm competition in the wireless market and lead to higher prices.

The department, in particular, seemed determined to preserve T-Mobile as an innovative, discount carrier that held down wireless prices.

Responding to that concern, AT&T said "T-Mobile is not a unique or material competitive constraint on AT&T."

"T-Mobile has not been a meaningful or unique innovator in terms of network development and deployment, nor is it likely to become one in the foreseeable future," AT&T said in the filing with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

The deal partners took issue with the Justice Department's review of the effect of the merger on a national basis instead of on a local basis. They argued that more than 90 percent of U.S. consumers currently have at least five wireless carriers to choose from in their local markets.

They also disputed the method the Justice Department used to analyze the deal, saying it was too simplistic.

If the merger goes through, AT&T will unseat Verizon Wireless as the No. 1 U.S. mobile carrier. Verizon Wireless is a venture of Verizon Communications Inc and Vodafone Group Plc.

"We continue to believe this transaction as currently proposed is anti-competitive and harmful to consumers," Justice Department Spokesperson Gina Talamona said. "We will respond further in our court filing."

The lawsuit is the biggest antitrust challenge yet by the Obama administration.

The case is the Department of Justice v. AT&T, T-Mobile USA, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, No. 11-01560.

(Reporting by Sinead Carew and Diane Bartz; editing by Gary Hill, Tim Dobbyn and Andre Grenon)

Fri, September 09, 2011

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Fri, September 09, 2011

Joe Jonas Wants Taylor Swift Back

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Thu, September 08, 2011

Trial of John Edwards pushed back to January

By Ned Barnett

RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - A federal judge has ordered that the criminal trial of former senator and presidential candidate John Edwards ...

Thu, September 08, 2011

Joe Jonas Wants Taylor Swift Back

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Wed, September 07, 2011

UK watchdog changes mind to back bone cancer drug

LONDON(Reuters) - Britain's health costs watchdog NICE has decided to back Japanese drugmaker Takeda's bone cancer drug Mepact after re-assessing the impact ...

Tue, September 06, 2011

Lawyer who was accused of fraud by California fires back

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A lawyer targeted by California's attorney general for allegedly defrauding homeowners has responded with multiple lawsuits against the state, according ...

Tue, September 06, 2011

New York's Met loses James Levine to back injury

NEW YORK (Reuters) - James Levine, the music director for the Metropolitan Opera in New York, will be unable to conduct performances for the rest ...

Tue, September 06, 2011

Conrad Black goes back to jail

MIAMI (Reuters) - Former media mogul Conrad Black returned to prison on Tuesday in Florida to finish serving a sentence for fraud and obstruction of ...

Tue, September 06, 2011

U.S. pulls back from lead role in conflicts: IISS

By Adrian Croft

LONDON (Reuters) - A war-weary United States will increasingly look for regional solutions to regional problems, playing a secondary "enabling" role in ...

Tue, September 06, 2011

Aykroyd breathing life back into Blues Brothers

Belushi performed in character as lead singer 'Joliet' Jake Blues, with the Ghostbusters star as harmonica player Elwood Blues. The pair, as The Blues ...

Mon, September 05, 2011

Wall Street, finishing flat, posts 4 weeks of gains

By Chuck Mikolajczak

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks closed out a fourth week of gains in quiet fashion on Friday, edging higher as the market ...

Mon, September 05, 2011

Officials triple number of homes charred in Texas fire

By Karen Brooks

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Some 1,386 homes have been destroyed in a monstrous fire burning southeast of Austin that has destroyed ...

Mon, September 05, 2011

Aykroyd breathing life back into Blues Brothers

Belushi performed in character as lead singer 'Joliet' Jake Blues, with the Ghostbusters star as harmonica player Elwood Blues. The pair, as The Blues ...

Sun, September 04, 2011

China bought back a lot of BofA assets: report

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A consortium that included the Chinese government was the biggest buyer of a 5 percent stake in China Construction Bank Corp ...

Sun, September 04, 2011

Aykroyd breathing life back into Blues Brothers

Belushi performed in character as lead singer 'Joliet' Jake Blues, with the Ghostbusters star as harmonica player Elwood Blues. The pair, as The Blues ...

Sun, September 04, 2011

Strauss-Kahn returns home

By Pauline Mevel and Chine Labbe

PARIS (Reuters) - Dominique Strauss-Kahn, his presidential hopes shattered by a sex assault scandal that rocked his homeland, returned ...

Sat, September 03, 2011

Bolt back where he belongs, Vlasic vanquished

By Ossian Shine

DAEGU, South Korea (Reuters) - Usain Bolt raced to redemption in 19.40 golden seconds on Saturday to retain his world 200 ...

Sat, September 03, 2011

Greek PM rules out snap polls, protesters are back

By Angeliki Koutantou

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou Saturday ruled out snap elections and said his government would succeed in bringing Greece ...

Sat, September 03, 2011

Aykroyd breathing life back into Blues Brothers

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Fri, September 02, 2011

Starbucks CEO urges citizens to back anti-gridlock move

By Steve Gorman

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp chief executive Howard Schultz urged members of the public on Friday to join a novel campaign ...

Fri, September 02, 2011

Rapper T.I. back in federal prison after luxury bus ride

By David Beasley

ATLANTA (Reuters) - A ride in a luxury bus from Arkansas to a halfway house in Atlanta has landed Grammy Award-winning rapper ...

Fri, September 02, 2011

Bolt back to business as "VCB" strikes gold

By Ossian Shine

DAEGU, South Korea (Reuters) - Veronica Campbell-Brown ripped Allyson Felix's 200 meters crown from her grip on Friday while another Jamaican ...

Fri, September 02, 2011

Aykroyd breathing life back into Blues Brothers

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Thu, September 01, 2011

Yankees claw back to keep heat on Red Sox

BOSTON (Reuters) - The New York Yankees rallied from behind and held on through a tense ninth inning for a 4-2 win over the Boston ...

Thu, September 01, 2011

Defunct 6-ton satellite crashing back to Earth

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A defunct NASA science satellite dispatched by a space shuttle crew in 1991 will come crashing back ...

Thu, September 01, 2011

Jankovic's U.S. Open chances dim with back injury

By Steve Ginsburg

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A dark cloud appeared over Jelena Jankovic's chances to win her first grand slam title when the ...

Thu, September 01, 2011

Titans and running back Johnson agree to revised deal

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Explosive running back Chris Johnson ended his protracted holdout on Thursday by agreeing to a four-year contract extension with the Tennessee ...

Thu, September 01, 2011

Biel/Timberlake romance back on - report

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Wed, August 31, 2011

Exclusive: Condoleezza Rice fires back at Cheney memoir

By Arshad Mohammed

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Wednesday she resented what she viewed as an attack on her ...

Wed, August 31, 2011

Rapper T.I. back in federal prison after luxury bus ride

By David Beasley

ATLANTA (Reuters) - A ride in a luxury bus from Arkansas to a halfway house in Atlanta has landed Grammy Award-winning rapper ...

Wed, August 31, 2011

Biel/Timberlake romance back on - report

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Wed, August 31, 2011

Release Date for 'Tinker, Tailor' Pushed Back

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Tue, August 30, 2011

AT&T vows to bring back 5,000 U.S. jobs if merger approved

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Telecommunications giant AT&T Inc, whose proposed buy of T-Mobile USA is under scrutiny by U.S. regulators, promised to bring 5,000 wireless call-center jobs back to the United States if the deal wins approval.

The company has not decided where in the United States the positions will be located, AT&T said in a statement. The jobs are currently outsourced to other countries. The new U.S. employees will be eligible to join the company's unionized workforce.

AT&T also said the merger will not cause any job losses for U.S.-based wireless call-center employees of T-Mobile USA or AT&T who are on the payroll when the merger closes.

Currently, AT&T and T-Mobile have a combined total of 25,000 U.S.-based wireless call-center employees. The company would not comment on how many employees would remain overseas after the 5,000 jobs move back to the United States.

The Federal Communications Commission and the Justice Department are reviewing the proposed $39 billion purchase by AT&T of smaller rival T-Mobile USA, a unit of Deutsche Telekom AG.

If approved as proposed, the merger would concentrate 80 percent of the U.S. wireless market in AT&T/T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless, a venture of Verizon Communications Inc and Vodafone Group Plc.

AT&T has said the deal would allow it to quickly add capacity to meet growing demand for high-speed wireless service. Rivals such as Sprint Nextel Corp say the combination would hurt competition, while public interest groups have argued it would lead to higher prices.

(Reporting by Lisa Richwine; Editing by Gary Hill)

Tue, August 30, 2011

Browns guard Steinbach out for season after back surgery

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cleveland Browns starting offensive guard Eric Steinbach will miss the 2011 National Football League season after having back surgery on Tuesday ...

Tue, August 30, 2011

Strauss-Kahn back in France within days: Socialist leader Aubry

PARIS (Reuters) - Dominique Strauss-Kahn is expected to return to France within days, Socialist Party leader Martine Aubry said on Tuesday, after the end of ...

Tue, August 30, 2011

Del Toro: 'I can't go back to Mexico'

The Pan's Labyrinth director fears he and his family will become targets for drug lords seeking ransom money if he goes home.

He ...

Mon, August 29, 2011

U.S. rolls back rule requiring street sign changes

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Tuesday rolled back a proposal requiring states and local governments to replace street signs that did not comply ...

Mon, August 29, 2011

Del Toro: 'I can't go back to Mexico'

The Pan's Labyrinth director fears he and his family will become targets for drug lords seeking ransom money if he goes home.

He ...

Sun, August 28, 2011

Del Toro: 'I can't go back to Mexico'

The Pan's Labyrinth director fears he and his family will become targets for drug lords seeking ransom money if he goes home.

He ...

Sat, August 27, 2011

Schaeuble warns coalition MPs to back EFSF reforms

By Erik Kirschbaum

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble warned members of parliament in his ruling coalition that financial markets may doubt Europe ...

Sat, August 27, 2011

Del Toro: 'I can't go back to Mexico'

The Pan's Labyrinth director fears he and his family will become targets for drug lords seeking ransom money if he goes home.

He ...

Fri, August 26, 2011

Bolt back on planet earth, says Greene

By Nick Mulvenney

DAEGU, South Korea (Reuters) - Maurice Greene thinks that but for a string of withdrawals and bans, Usain Bolt's three-year monopoly ...

Fri, August 26, 2011

Madonna, Polanski films vie for Venice limelight

By Mike Collett-White

VENICE, Italy (Reuters) - The Venice film festival promises a pop superstar and a whiff of scandal Thursday, with Madonna presenting her ...

Fri, August 26, 2011

Del Toro: 'I can't go back to Mexico'

The Pan's Labyrinth director fears he and his family will become targets for drug lords seeking ransom money if he goes home.

He ...

Fri, August 26, 2011

ABN AMRO cuts 9 percent of jobs in run-up to sale

By Gilbert Kreijger

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Nationalised Dutch bank ABN AMRO is shedding 2,350 jobs -- some 9 percent of its workforce -- as the state ...

Thu, August 25, 2011

Thome traded back to Indians

CLEVELAND, Ohio (Reuters) - The Cleveland Indians acquired designated hitter Jim Thome from the Minnesota Twins on Thursday for a player to be named later ...

Thu, August 25, 2011

White House may back proposal to refinance mortgages: report

BANGALORE (Reuters) - The Obama administration is working on proposals to prop up the weak housing market and may back a plan to refinance government-backed ...

Thu, August 25, 2011

French do not want Strauss-Kahn back in politics: poll

PARIS (Reuters) - A majority of French do not want former IMF managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn to return to politics after U.S. prosecutors dropped ...

Thu, August 25, 2011

Letterman jokes about death threat on first day back to work

The Late Show host returned to the show following a two-week vacation, during which a man named Umar al-Basrawi urged fellow Muslims to ""cut ...

Wed, August 24, 2011

Asner back with Pixar for dinosaur movie

Asner will add his voice skills to Pixar's new dinosaur movie.

The casting was announced at the Disney D23 Expo 2011 in Anaheim ...

Wed, August 24, 2011

Letterman back at work after jihad threat

The Late Show host was back behind his desk on Monday (22Aug11) following a two-week vacation, during which a man named Umar al-Basrawi urged ...

Tue, August 23, 2011

Amtrak back up to speed after earthquake disruptions

By Christopher Doering

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Amtrak train service between Baltimore and Washington was back to normal on Tuesday night after delays following a strong ...

Tue, August 23, 2011

"Mad Men" inspires look back for new TV hits

By Jill Serjeant

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Basically, it's 'Mad Men', with boobs," quipped Joel McHale.

The actor and comedian was joking recently about ...

Tue, August 23, 2011

Lewis back as Labor Day telethon host

Lewis has hosted the event annually since 1966, but the 85 year old was told he would not be needed for this year's ...

Mon, August 22, 2011

Arab League, Egypt back rebels in Libyan endgame

CAIRO (Reuters) - The Arab League and Egypt threw their weight behind Libya's rebels on Monday as opposition forces cornered Muammar Gaddafi's loyalists ...

Mon, August 22, 2011

Arab League, Egypt back rebels in Libyan endgame

CAIRO (Reuters) - The Arab League and Egypt threw their weight behind Libya's rebels on Monday as opposition forces cornered Muammar Gaddafi's loyalists ...

Mon, August 22, 2011

Chenoweth hurts back in fall

The Glee star slipped and landed heavily, and although Chenoweth's heavily bruised, she's just thankful not to have broken any bones.

In ...

Mon, August 22, 2011

Kat Von D and Jesse James' Engagement Back On

Well we can add this to the growing list of publicity stunts that don't work out. As miracles would have it, Kat Von ...

Mon, August 22, 2011

Seyfried back with Cooper?

The couple, who played lovers in movie musical Mamma Mia!, dated for three years before splitting in 2010.

Seyfried went on to date Ryan ...

Sun, August 21, 2011

Flood victims still in the dark, stuck in mud

By Scott Malone

LUDLOW, Vermont (Reuters) - Residents of several Northeast states approached the Labor Day holiday weekend mired in mud and stuck in the ...

Sun, August 21, 2011

Chenoweth hurts back in fall

The Glee star slipped and landed heavily, and although Chenoweth's heavily bruised, she's just thankful not to have broken any bones.

In ...

Sun, August 21, 2011

Kat Von D and Jesse James' Engagement Back On

Well we can add this to the growing list of publicity stunts that don't work out. As miracles would have it, Kat Von ...

Sun, August 21, 2011

Seyfried back with Cooper?

The couple, who played lovers in movie musical Mamma Mia!, dated for three years before splitting in 2010.

Seyfried went on to date Ryan ...

Sat, August 20, 2011

Fish back to earth after Murray defeat

By Simon Evans

MASON, Ohio (Reuters) - American Mardy Fish came back down to Earth on Saturday, losing his Cincinnati Open semi-final to Britain's ...

Sat, August 20, 2011

Chenoweth hurts back in fall

The Glee star slipped and landed heavily, and although Chenoweth's heavily bruised, she's just thankful not to have broken any bones.

In ...

Sat, August 20, 2011

Kat Von D and Jesse James' Engagement Back On

Well we can add this to the growing list of publicity stunts that don't work out. As miracles would have it, Kat Von ...

Sat, August 20, 2011

Seyfried back with Cooper?

The couple, who played lovers in movie musical Mamma Mia!, dated for three years before splitting in 2010.

Seyfried went on to date Ryan ...

Fri, August 19, 2011

Broderick's back surgery hinders hands-on fatherhood

The Producers star underwent a minor procedure recently after agitating an old sports injury and is recovering from the operation at the New York ...

Fri, August 19, 2011

Exclusive: 'Strike Back' Clip Gives Us A Taste Of The Action

Watch latest TV hunk Philip Winchester deliver a beatdown in this exclusive clip from the second episode of Cinemax's sleeper hit, Strike Back ...

Fri, August 19, 2011

Norway mass killer back in court

By Gwladys Fouche

OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik made his second court appearance on Friday as relatives of the 69 people ...

Thu, August 18, 2011

Red Sox put Youkilis on disabled list with sore back

BOSTON (Reuters) - The Boston Red Sox suffered a setback in their battle for top spot in the American League East on Thursday when they ...

Thu, August 18, 2011

Broderick's back surgery hinders hands-on fatherhood

The Producers star underwent a minor procedure recently after agitating an old sports injury and is recovering from the operation at the New York ...

Thu, August 18, 2011

Exclusive: 'Strike Back' Clip Gives Us A Taste Of The Action

Watch latest TV hunk Philip Winchester deliver a beatdown in this exclusive clip from the second episode of Cinemax's sleeper hit, Strike Back ...

Wed, August 17, 2011

Fox says Jennifer Lopez back for "American Idol"

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Jennifer Lopez has signed up for a second season as a judge on "American Idol", Fox television officials said on Wednesday ...

Tue, August 16, 2011

White House hits back at Perry's Fed criticism

DYERSVILLE, Iowa (Reuters) - The White House on Tuesday denounced sharp words from Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry, saying it was not a good idea ...

Mon, August 15, 2011

Wal-Mart U.S. sales start to perk up, as do shares

By Jessica Wohl

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc said same-store sales at its U.S. discount chain rose in July, as a renewed emphasis ...

Sun, August 14, 2011

Back on Utoeya Island, Norway killer describes carnage

By Walter Gibbs

OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian police took confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik back to Utoeya island to stage a reconstruction of his ...

Sun, August 14, 2011

Norway attacker back on island, describes carnage

By Walter Gibbs

OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian police took confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik back to Utoeya island to stage a reconstruction of his ...

Fri, August 12, 2011

"Don't Stop Believin": "Glee" cast will be back

By Zorianna Kit

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Laying low" must not be in the vocabulary for the television musical comedy "Glee."

For a show that ...

Fri, August 12, 2011

Tribe outfielder Choo back early from thumb surgery

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - The Cleveland Indians have activated Korean outfielder Choo Shin-soo from the disabled list ahead of schedule, the team said on Friday.

Choo ...

Thu, August 11, 2011

Bradley pips Dufner in PGA Championship playoff

By Mark Lamport-Stokes

JOHNS CREEK, Georgia (Reuters) - PGA Tour rookie Keegan Bradley capped a stunning late fightback by winning his first major title in ...

Thu, August 11, 2011

Striking Verizon workers boost jobless claims

By Lucia Mutikani

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Striking workers at Verizon Communications pushed up new U.S. jobless claims last week, but there was little evidence ...

Thu, August 11, 2011

Hasselhoff's lover back to reality with return to retail work

The Baywatch star invited Hayley Roberts to join him on his travels between the U.S. and Britain after they began dating earlier this ...

Thu, August 11, 2011

Check Out the 'Strike Back' Trailer, Clips and Images

This Friday, Cinemax will be premiering the network's first scripted original drama series, Strike Back. The action-thriller will follow a discharged American Special ...

Thu, August 11, 2011

Sturgess over-prepared for The Way Back role

The British actor threw himself into his role as one of the Siberian Gulag escapees who reportedly walked 4,000 miles (6,400 kilometres ...

Thu, August 11, 2011

SocGen stock bounces back as CEO reassures

PARIS (Reuters) - Societe Generale's battered shares recovered some ground on Thursday as the French bank's boss vehemently rejected rumors that questioned its ...

Wed, August 10, 2011

"American Idol" producer says Jennifer Lopez coming back

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - It is not quite official, but it is pretty close. Singing star Jennifer Lopez will return as a judge on top-rated ...

Wed, August 10, 2011

Hasselhoff's lover back to reality with return to retail work

The Baywatch star invited Hayley Roberts to join him on his travels between the U.S. and Britain after they began dating earlier this ...

Wed, August 10, 2011

Check Out the 'Strike Back' Trailer, Clips and Images

This Friday, Cinemax will be premiering the network's first scripted original drama series, Strike Back. The action-thriller will follow a discharged American Special ...

Wed, August 10, 2011

Sturgess over-prepared for The Way Back role

The British actor threw himself into his role as one of the Siberian Gulag escapees who reportedly walked 4,000 miles (6,400 kilometres ...

Tue, August 09, 2011

Back to drawing board for Murray as U.S. Open approaches

By Steve Keating

MONTREAL (Reuters) - Andy Murray's North American hard court seasons have had blazing starts the last two years winning back-to-back Canadian ...

Tue, August 09, 2011

Woods just happy being back to fitness

By Simon Evans

JOHNS CREEK, Georgia (Reuters) - Tiger Woods says his aim is victory at this week's PGA Championship but, after a season ...

Mon, August 08, 2011

Gavin DeGraw back on stage August 24 after assault

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Singer Gavin DeGraw will return to performing on August 24, after an assault in New York that left him with concussion ...

Mon, August 08, 2011

Ravens acquire running back Williams for backup role

BALTIMORE (Reuters) - The Baltimore Ravens have signed former Miami Dolphins running back Ricky Williams to provide backup support, the National Football League team said ...

Mon, August 08, 2011

Jobs woes sink Wall Street

By Ryan Vlastelica

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks tumbled 2 percent on Friday after data showing zero jobs growth in August brought investors face-to-face with ...

Mon, August 08, 2011

O'Neal: 'Troubled family will bounce back'

The Love Story star's eldest son Griffin was hospitalised after crashing his car in California on Tuesday (02Aug11), just hours after his youngest ...

Sun, August 07, 2011

O'Neal: 'Troubled family will bounce back'

The Love Story star's eldest son Griffin was hospitalised after crashing his car in California on Tuesday (02Aug11), just hours after his youngest ...

Sat, August 06, 2011

O'Neal: 'Troubled family will bounce back'

The Love Story star's eldest son Griffin was hospitalised after crashing his car in California on Tuesday (02Aug11), just hours after his youngest ...

Fri, August 05, 2011

Vergara sending drug addict brother back to Colombia for help

The Smurfs star admits her sibling Julio, 34, never recovered from the murder of their older brother Rafael in 1998 and sank into a ...

Fri, August 05, 2011

Reynolds injured back jumping off a bridge

The Green Lantern star admits he and his older brothers were always looking for trouble growing up, but Reynolds gave up his daredevil antics ...

Fri, August 05, 2011

Sugar Ray fights back tears recalling childhood molestation

The fighting champ went public with his shocking revelation in June (11) as he launched his new memoir, The Big Fight: My Life In ...

Thu, August 04, 2011

Erratic Woods encouraged by Firestone return

By Mark Lamport-Stokes

AKRON, Ohio (Reuters) - A week that began promisingly for Tiger Woods on his long-awaited PGA Tour return ended in erratic fashion ...

Thu, August 04, 2011

Smile back on Tiger's face after two consecutive birdies

By Mark Lamport-Stokes

AKRON, Ohio (Reuters) - Tiger Woods flashed his trademark smile after recording his first birdie since the Masters when he sank a ...

Thu, August 04, 2011

Vergara sending drug addict brother back to Colombia for help

The Smurfs star admits her sibling Julio, 34, never recovered from the murder of their older brother Rafael in 1998 and sank into a ...

Thu, August 04, 2011

Reynolds injured back jumping off a bridge

The Green Lantern star admits he and his older brothers were always looking for trouble growing up, but Reynolds gave up his daredevil antics ...

Thu, August 04, 2011

Playboy Club producers hit back at watchdog criticism

LeAnn Rimes' new husband plays lawyer Nick Dalton in the upcoming NBC series, which is based on Hugh Hefner's famous Chicago, Illinois hotspot ...

Thu, August 04, 2011

Broderick undergoes minor back surgery

The Producers star underwent the minor procedure recently, with sources telling New York gossip column Page Six that he and his wife, Sarah Jessica ...

Thu, August 04, 2011

Global stocks slide, gold hits new high

By Anirban Nag

LONDON (Reuters) - Global stocks ceded more ground on Friday, hurt by mounting concerns the U.S. economy is heading into another ...

Wed, August 03, 2011

Injured sea turtle returned in sea off U.S. coast

By Manuel Rueda

JUNO BEACH, Fla (Reuters) - A plucky sea turtle has been released back into the wild off Florida's coast after months ...

Wed, August 03, 2011

Playboy Club producers hit back at watchdog criticism

LeAnn Rimes' new husband plays lawyer Nick Dalton in the upcoming NBC series, which is based on Hugh Hefner's famous Chicago, Illinois hotspot ...

Wed, August 03, 2011

Broderick undergoes minor back surgery

The Producers star underwent the minor procedure recently, with sources telling New York gossip column Page Six that he and his wife, Sarah Jessica ...

Tue, August 02, 2011

Back-to-school shoppers want a D-E-A-L

By Dhanya Skariachan

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Less than two weeks into the back-to-school season, U.S. shoppers have a loud and clear message for ...

Mon, August 01, 2011

Safina to miss rest of year with back injury

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Former world number one Dinara Safina will not play again this year because of persistent back pain, the Russian said Monday.

"I ...

Sun, July 31, 2011

House Democrats might not back debt deal: Pelosi

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the House of Representatives might decide not to support a last-minute deal to raise the debt ceiling when they meet ...

Sat, July 30, 2011

Happy campers as league players get back to work

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A bitter labor dispute was almost forgotten as players flooded into training camps on Saturday to prepare for a National Football ...

Thu, July 28, 2011

Madoff trustee set back in lawsuits vs banks

By Jonathan Stempel and Nick Brown

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Banks accused of failing to detect Bernard Madoff's fraud won a big court victory ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Seattle man accused in 1957 murder sent back to Illinois

By Laura L. Myers

SEATTLE (Reuters) - The Seattle man accused of the 1957 abduction and slaying of a young Chicago-area girl was sent back ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Seattle man accused in 1957 murder back in Illinois

By James B. Kelleher

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A Seattle man accused of killing a young Chicago-area girl five decades ago was back in Illinois on ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Law firm strikes back at AT&T over merger

By Terry Baynes

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York-based law firm is waging a creative legal battle to block AT&T Inc's $39 billion takeover bid for T-Mobile USA .

With its "Fight the Merger" campaign, Bursor & Fisher is seeking to stop the mega-deal by inundating AT&T with arbitration claims. The firm, which historically handled consumer class actions against AT&T, maintains the merger would violate federal antitrust law and stifle competition in the wireless market. The firm is using its website to recruit AT&T customers willing to initiate arbitration proceedings.

So far, 750 customers have volunteered, according to Scott Bursor, the firm's founding partner. The firm has sent around 700 notices of dispute to AT&T and 20 arbitration demands, Bursor said.

"Fight the Merger" is a not-so-veiled reference to a class action that AT&T customers lost in the Supreme Court in April. In that case, AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion, customers sued AT&T for allegedly advertising discounted cell phones, but charging sales tax on the full price. The Supreme Court sided with AT&T, ruling that clients who signed phone contracts containing mandatory arbitration clauses waived their right to bring a class action against the company. AT&T could enforce a contractual term that required customers to arbitrate their disputes individually.

Bursor & Fisher decided to try to turn that setback into an advantage for customers.

"If (AT&T) wants to arbitrate on an individual basis, that's what we'll do," Bursor said.

His firm has appointed a network of attorneys across the country to represent every customer willing to challenge the merger before an arbitrator.

"IN THEIR AGREEMENT"

AT&T's customer contract provides that any consumer who prevails in arbitration is entitled to a $10,000 payment. To recruit clients, Bursor & Fisher is promoting the AT&T payment offer on its "Fight the Merger" site, with a suggestion customers will win. The AT&T contract also promises double attorney's fees to successful customers, which explains the firm's willingness to take on the arbitration cases.

In AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion, the carrier emphasized these financial incentives to the Supreme Court to defend the fairness of its contract.

"Now we're going to put that to the test," Bursor said.

AT&T responded in an emailed statement that the Bursor & Fisher's claims are "completely without merit" and that an arbitrator does not have the authority to block the merger currently under review by the Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Justice.

Andrew Gavil, an antitrust law professor at Howard University Law School, said he doubted an arbitrator would have the power to prevent the merger, but it would turn on language in the contract and what types of disputes were committed to arbitration. He said Bursor & Fisher might be trying to strong-arm AT&T into arguing that the arbitration clause does not cover antitrust claims, thereby reopening the door to a traditional class action lawsuit.

AT&T has already argued in a letter to the American Arbitration Association that the arbitration clause was intended for individual billing disputes, not a $39-billion-dollar antitrust case, according to Bursor. But the arbitration clause is broad, covering all "claims arising out of or relating to any aspect of the relationship between us, whether based on contract, tort, statute, fraud, misrepresentation or any other legal theory," according to a copy of the contract posted on the firm's website.

The firm is bringing the arbitration claims under the Clayton Antitrust Act.

Bursor said his firm has no intention of forcing AT&T into a traditional class action lawsuit. He expects AT&T to settle, given the "daunting" prospect of fighting more than 750 arbitrations, any one of which could stop the deal.

"If they didn't want to have individual arbitrations, then they shouldn't have put this clause in their agreement," Bursor said. "AT&T wrote this and we're going to force them to honor it."

(Reporting by Terry Baynes; editing by Andre Grenon)

Wed, July 27, 2011

Visa rolls out new fee program

By Joe Rauch

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Visa Inc's quarterly profit rose by 40 percent, and the world's largest payment processor said ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Casey Anthony judge blasts media, holds back juror names

By Barbara Liston

ORLANDO, Fla (Reuters) - The names of jurors in the Casey Anthony murder trial will remain secret until at least October 25 ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Mortimer back with her ex-boyfriend

The blonde beauty, who previously dated American Idol rocker-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis, confirmed her split from Brian Mazza last month (Jun11) and told of ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Michele will be back for more Glee

Co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed the popular stars, who play talented high school students, would ""graduate"" at the end of the third season later ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Americans back mixed solution for debt crisis: Reuters/Ipsos poll

By Steve Holland

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans overwhelmingly are concerned about the U.S. debt crisis and a majority backs the type of compromise pushed ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

A few Democrats may back Boehner debt plan: Hoyer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chief Democratic vote counter in the House of Representatives said on Tuesday that a few members of his party may back ...

Tue, July 26, 2011

Contador doping case put back to November: CAS

LONDON (Reuters) - Triple Tour de France champion Alberto Contador's Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) hearing over a failed dope test, due to ...

Sun, July 24, 2011

The Daly show back in contention at Canadian Open

By Steve Keating

VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Over the last few years of a tumultuous career John Daly has been spotted in the tabloids, addiction centers ...

Sat, July 23, 2011

Back from war, young vets struggle to find good jobs

By Matthew A. Ward

SUFFOLK, Va (Reuters) - Given the high unemployment rate among young male veterans, 25-year-old Thomas Jones and 31-year-old Vincent Moore Jr ...

Fri, July 22, 2011

EnerStar, REMC Ask Customers to Cut Back

TERRE HAUTE, IN (WIBQ)  --  Energy providers in both Indiana and Illinois are urging their customers to cut their usage because of the demands on ...

Fri, July 22, 2011

Japanese tech giants aim to bounce back from quake

By Isabel Reynolds

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's major consumer electronics makers are expected to show April-June earnings collapsed due to the March earthquake, but ...

Thu, July 21, 2011

Tucson shooting suspect back on forced medication: lawyer

By Tim Gaynor

TUCSON, Ariz (Reuters) - Accused Tucson shooter Jared Loughner is again receiving anti-psychotic medication in jail against his will, in what his ...

Thu, July 21, 2011

Hacking groups say they are back after FBI arrests

By Jeremy Pelofsky

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After a brief hiatus and an FBI takedown of several alleged "hacktivists," two groups that have claimed responsibility for ...

Thu, July 21, 2011

Lawmaker presses Obama to back trade deals plan

By Doug Palmer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top Republican lawmaker on Wednesday outlined a plan for winning approval of three long-delayed trade agreements and a ...

Tue, July 19, 2011

Exclusive: Americans to stay thrifty this back-to-school season

By Dhanya Skariachan

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Almost two-thirds of U.S. shoppers plan to spend the same or less this back-to-school season as last ...

Mon, July 18, 2011

Steel girders shaped like cross headed back to Ground Zero

By Jonathan Allen

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Steel girders shaped like a cross that were rescued from the rubble of the destroyed World Trade Center ...

Mon, July 18, 2011

Indians outfielder Sizemore back on disabled list

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cleveland Indians outfielder Grady Sizemore was placed on the 15-day disabled list on Monday with a bruised right knee a day ...

Mon, July 18, 2011

Taiwan's HTC shares tumble after Apple ruling

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Shares in Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC tumbled as much as 6.5 percent on Monday after losing a preliminary ruling in a ...

Sun, July 17, 2011

Pressure rises for Greek debt buy-back, swap

By Annika Breidthardt and George Georgiopoulos

ATHENS/BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Sunday for private investors to make a major contribution ...

Sun, July 17, 2011

Fourth Tour de France win for Cavendish

By Julien Pretot

MONTPELLIER, France (Reuters) - Mark Cavendish delivered a textbook sprint in the finale of the 193-kms 15th stage of the Tour de ...

Fri, July 15, 2011

Goosen pulls out of Open with injured back

By Tony Jimenez

SANDWICH, England (Reuters) - Double U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen has pulled out of the British Open because of a back ...

Fri, July 15, 2011

Evergreen Watson turns back clock with glorious ace

By Tony Jimenez

SANDWICH, England (Reuters) - Five-times champion Tom Watson prompted huge roars from the gallery when he recorded the 15th hole-in-one of his ...

Wed, July 13, 2011

"Whitey" Bulger's girlfriend to stay in prison

By Lauren Keiper

BOSTON (Reuters) - James "Whitey" Bulger's longtime girlfriend was portrayed by prosecutors in federal court on Wednesday as a woman attracted ...

Wed, July 13, 2011

Dodd-Frank roll-back a risk to economy: Treasury

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The law overhauling the financial system should continue to protect the economy in the future despite any challenges it's faced in ...

Tue, July 12, 2011

Investors step back into Treasuries in week: survey

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors added U.S. Treasuries to their portfolios in the latest week after a surprisingly weak jobs report and jitters over ...

Tue, July 12, 2011

Cavendish back on favorable terrain in Tour

AURILLAC, France (Reuters) - Sprinter Mark Cavendish has two days before the Pyrenees to score points in his quest for the Tour de France green ...

Tue, July 12, 2011

Arnold Schwarzenegger back in Hollywood saddle, despite scandal

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two months after putting his Hollywood return on hold following a damaging sex scandal, Arnold Schwarzenegger is ready to get back ...

Mon, July 11, 2011

Judge scales back Toyota investors' legal claims

By Moira Herbst

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge in California has pared back a lawsuit accusing Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> of inflating its stock ...

Mon, July 11, 2011

Judge scales back Toyota investors' legal claims

By Moira Herbst

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge in California has pared back a lawsuit accusing Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> of inflating its stock ...

Mon, July 11, 2011

Oosthuizen sad but relieved to be handing trophy back

By Tony Jimenez

SANDWICH, England (Reuters) - It was a case of deja vu when Louis Oosthuizen, just like Graeme McDowell at the U.S ...

Sun, July 10, 2011

Obama won't "back off" on debt-reduction effort

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will not back off in his efforts to solve U.S. debt problems and will make the case to ...

Fri, July 08, 2011

Democrats back power to block state consumer laws

By Dave Clarke

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two Democratic senators are defending a top U.S. regulator's power to shield the nation's largest banks ...

Thu, July 07, 2011

South Korea back in stem cell spotlight with new treatment

By Heejung Jung and Yi Hyun-young

SEONGNAM, South Korea (Reuters) - More than five years after South Korea's scientific reputation was shattered by a ...

Wed, July 06, 2011

Red Sox ace Lester injures back in Boston win

BOSTON (Reuters) - Boston pitcher Jon Lester's promising start against the Toronto Blue Jays ended abruptly on Tuesday when the left-hander was forced to ...

Tue, July 05, 2011

Default avoided but fears on economy remain

By Andy Sullivan and Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States stepped back from the brink of default on Tuesday but congressional approval of ...

Tue, July 05, 2011

Germany S&P head rejects criticism of Greek role

VIENNA (Reuters) - The head of Standard & Poor's in Germany rejected criticism that the ratings agency was being too tough in judging efforts to involve the private sector in Greece's bailout without triggering a sovereign debt default.

"The assertions are completely made up out of thin air and factually wrong. The are either based on ignorance of the facts or are politically motivated comments (that) neglect the facts," Torsten Hinrichs told Austrian radio in an interview aired on Wednesday.

Critics include European Central Bank Governing Council member Ewald Nowotny, who said this week ratings agencies appeared to be applying a double standard in Greece's case.

Asked why S&P had not waited for the final details of a French plan to let investors roll over Greek debt before warning it could trigger a default, Hinrichs said:

"We did not reject the plan per se, but rather commented on how Standard & Poor's would react from today's perspective and from the information that is currently available. It is a purely hypothetical comment because as you correctly say the final plan has not yet been adopted."

The key issue was viewing how investors would be treated in comparison to bonds' original terms for repaying principal and interest, he said.

"It is very clear here that a significant extension of maturities and a delay in repayment are to be expected and that is not in line with the original promise of timely payment of interest and principal and to this extent such a plan would be a default."

(Reporting by Michael Shields; Editing by Kim Coghill)

Fri, July 01, 2011

Nike welcomes back disgraced NFL star Michael Vick

By Alex Dobuzinskis

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Nike Inc has re-signed Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick to an endorsement deal, four years after it dumped ...

Fri, July 01, 2011

Minot allows first residents back to fringe of flooded areas

By David Bailey

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - The city of Minot, North Dakota, on Friday said it would allow the first residents back into the edges ...

Thu, June 30, 2011

Sharapova reaches final despite string of errors

By Tom Pilcher

LONDON (Reuters) - Favorite Maria Sharapova served 13 double faults in just 87 minutes yet still set up a Wimbledon final against ...

Thu, June 30, 2011

"Whitey" Bulger heads back to court on attorney issue

BOSTON (Reuters) - James "Whitey" Bulger is expected to learn the fate of his request for a public defender on Thursday, when the former mob ...

Thu, June 30, 2011

Roger Clemens set to fight perjury charges

By Jeremy Pelofsky

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As one of the greatest pitchers in baseball history, Roger Clemens had expected to be on the verge of ...

Wed, June 29, 2011

Raymond James to buy back $300 million auction-rate securities

By Jonathan Stempel

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Raymond James Financial Inc agreed to buy back $300 million of auction-rate securities and pay a $1.75 ...

Tue, June 28, 2011

New Mexico fire creeps away from weapons lab

By Zelie Pollon

LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico (Reuters) - The wildfire raging for six days near the Los Alamos nuclear weapons laboratory reached record proportions ...

Mon, June 27, 2011

Immigration restrictions take 1 step forward, 1 back, in South

By David Beasley

ATLANTA (Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday blocked two key parts of Georgia's crackdown on illegal immigration, just as the ...

Mon, June 27, 2011

Bumgarner silences Indians

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - San Francisco Giants starter Madison Bumgarner shook off the worst start of his young career to blow away the Cleveland Indians ...

Sat, June 25, 2011

Afghan MPs hit back on court ruling, crisis deepens

By Paul Tait

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's political crisis worsened Saturday with lawmakers voting to sack the five most senior judicial officials and international ...

Sat, June 25, 2011

S&P warning adds default threat to Greece's bailout

By Angeliki Koutantou

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece would likely be in default if it follows a debt rollover plan pushed by French banks, S&P warned on Monday, deepening the pain of a bailout that one European official said will cost Athens sovereignty and jobs.

European politicians and bankers had expressed confidence last week that the French proposal would not trigger a default, but ratings agency Standard & Poor's said it would involve losses to debt holders, most likely earning Greece a "selective default" rating.

"It is our view that each of the two financing options described in the (French banks') proposal would likely amount to a default under our criteria," S&P said.

French banks, major holders of Greek sovereign debt, proposed voluntarily renewing some of the bonds when they fall due, but on different terms.

S&P cut Greece's sovereign rating to "CCC" last month, from "B," on a view that any restructuring of the country's massive debt load would count as an effective default.

The euro fell from around $1.4550 to a session low around $1.4510 after the latest S&P comment.

Derivatives industry body ISDA said before the French proposal was released in late June that a voluntary agreement to roll over Greek debt would "typically" not trigger payments on credit default swaps.

Greece was already facing an uphill struggle this week to start the process of selling off state-owned assets and reform its tax system to meet European Union and IMF conditions for bailing it out. The deep spending cuts required under the loan terms have sparked angry protests on the streets of Athens.

Eurogroup Chairman Jean-Claude Juncker said Greece will lose sovereignty and jobs to meet those criteria, a comment that has enraged unions. Any suggestion of foreign intervention in running the country is an incendiary political issue that will make implementing reforms even tougher.

Public-sector union ADEDY, which has launched crippling strikes and protests, reacted angrily to his comments.

ADEDY President Spyros Papaspyros said Juncker was out of line: "Mr Juncker interferes in the internal affairs of a country, provokes European rules and is an embarrassment for the country whose government tolerates him."

Juncker's comments could trigger more of the anti-austerity street protests that have roiled the country for months as Greece stays stuck in its worst recession since the 1970s with a youth unemployment rate of more than 40 percent.

"The sovereignty of Greece will be massively limited," Juncker told Germany's Focus magazine in an interview released on Sunday. Teams of experts from around the euro zone would be heading to Athens, he said.

"One cannot be allowed to insult the Greeks. But one has to help them. They have said they are ready to accept expertise from the euro zone," Juncker said.

EASIER SAID THAN DONE

Greece last week passed austerity measures worth 28 billion euros ($40 billion) and promised to deliver 50 billion euros in sell-off revenues by 2015, including raising 5 billion euros by the end of this year alone. On the list are public utilities whose sale is sure to prompt public reaction.

"Greece now needs to push faster fiscal adjustments and structural reforms," said EFG Eurobank economist Platon Monokroussos. "On the privatization front, it is of essence the government delivers fast results to send a strong signal to financial markets."

That is easier said than done.

The socialist government, which came to power on a social welfare platform, has yet to launch a single state sale in 18 months in power and must set up a privatization agency within weeks to meet its target.

It must also start to sell state property, estimated at up to 300 billion euros but often entangled in legal complications.

"The 50 billion euro target is not achievable," said Constantinos Mihalos, head of the Athens Chamber of Commerce. "Share values are very low right now because of the recession."

At the same time, Greece needs to deliver on pledges to reform a chronically inefficient tax system that has relied too much on middle class salary earners and let wealthy tax evaders off the hook, producing disappointing revenues this year.

Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos told Reuters in an interview on Friday that Greece would tap for the first time private-sector expertise but tax offices around the country are notoriously resistant to any change.

"A greater effort is needed to rein in tax evasion and broaden the tax base in a bid to bring the ratio of revenues to GDP closer to euro area average and reduce expenditure and waste in the broader public sector," Monokroussos said.

Investors have feared that default by Greece would send shockwaves through the world finance system with some commentators saying such an eventuality could call the whole euro zone into question.

Another hurdle is the law on a uniform pay scale for the public sector, sure to cut further the salaries of civil servants who have already seen their pay reduced by an average 15 percent as a result of a wave of austerity measures to secure the 110-billion-euro bailout last year.

On Saturday, euro zone finance ministers approved a 12 billion euro loan Greece needs to avert default.

The IMF will meet on July 8 to approve the 12-billion euro loan tranche, which is expected to be handed over by July 15 and allow Greece to avoid the immediate threat of debt default.

But the country still needs the second rescue package, which is also expected to total around 110 billion. EU officials will now look at how private creditors can be involved voluntarily so that rating agencies do not declare the rescue a "credit event."

(Additional reporting by Wayne Cole in Sydney)

(Writing by Dina Kyriakidou and Emily Kaiser; Editing ...

Fri, June 24, 2011

Ex-media mogul Conrad Black sent back to prison

By Andrew Stern

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday ordered former media baron Conrad Black back to prison for 13 more months ...

Fri, June 24, 2011

Ex-media mogul Black hopes not to go back to prison

By Andrew Stern

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Former media baron Conrad Black goes back to court on Friday when a judge will decide whether the 29 ...

Thu, June 23, 2011

Judge bans parties while Lindsay Lohan on house arrest

By Alex Dobuzinskis

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Lindsay Lohan failed an alcohol test while under house arrest in Los Angeles, a judge ruled on ...

Wed, June 22, 2011

Chicago ordered to back off convention center work rules

By James B. Kelleher

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday ordered officials in Chicago to stop implementing work rules at the city's ...

Mon, June 20, 2011

Dodger Stadium beating suspect sent back to prison

By Dan Whitcomb

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An ex-convict arrested in the severe beating of a San Francisco Giants fan at Dodger Stadium was found ...

Sun, June 19, 2011

Red Sox pitcher Buchholz on DL with back strain

BOSTON (Reuters) - The American League-leading Boston Red Sox have placed starting pitcher Clay Buchholz on the 15-day disabled list because of lower back strain ...

Sun, June 19, 2011

Boeing hits back at Airbus over A350 plan

By Kyle Peterson

LE BOURGET, France (Reuters) - Boeing dismissed a challenge by Airbus to its largest twinjet aircraft on Sunday after the European jetmaker ...

Sun, June 19, 2011

Federer back to reclaim his Wimbledon crown

By Pritha Sarkar

LONDON (Reuters) - A Wimbledon final without Roger Federer almost seemed unthinkable 12 months ago but the 'unthinkable' happened last July when ...

Fri, June 17, 2011

Basel art fair suggests boom times are back

By Silke Koltrowitz and Nathalie Olof-Ors

BASEL (Reuters) - Wealthy collectors at Art Basel, the world's top fair for modern and contemporary art, had ...

Fri, June 17, 2011

McIlroy bounces back from Masters meltdown at U.S. Open

By Larry Fine

BETHESDA, Maryland (Reuters) - Rory McIlroy showed some major resiliency at the U.S. Open, bouncing back from a final-round meltdown at ...

Wed, June 15, 2011

J&J to quit struggling heart stent business

By Ransdell Pierson and Lewis Krauskopf

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson will stop selling drug-coated heart stents, a former profit driver for the diversified ...

Wed, June 15, 2011

Lehman pushes back $1.5 billion SunCal tussle

By Nick Brown

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc is delaying its fight to block real estate developer SunCal from challenging $1.5 ...

Mon, June 13, 2011

Murray stands up to diving Tsonga in Queen's win

LONDON (Reuters) - Briton Andy Murray withstood an athletic onslaught from Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to beat the Frenchman 3-6 7-6 6-4 and win the final of ...

Sun, June 12, 2011

Lady Gaga sings for gay rights in Pope's back yard

ROME (Reuters) - Pop queen Lady Gaga concluded a huge European gay rights march in Rome on Saturday night with a rousing call to governments ...

Sun, June 12, 2011

Air France urged to back Airbus in plane order

By Tim Hepher

PARIS (Reuters) - French parliamentarians have launched a petition calling on Air France-KLM to place a $20-25 billion plane order with Airbus ...

Sat, June 11, 2011

Venus excited to be back in the mix again

By Pritha Sarkar

EASTBOURNE, England (Reuters) - For more than a decade the Williams sisters viewed Wimbledon warm-up tournaments as surplus to requirements and they ...

Sat, June 11, 2011

Ousted CONCACAF chief Austin says back after injunction

By Simon Evans

MIAMI (Reuters) - The power struggle within CONCACAF took another twist on Friday when Lisle Austin, the ousted acting president of the ...

Fri, June 10, 2011

Man finds $17,000 in cash on sidewalk, gives it back

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A suburban Chicago man who returned a bag containing thousands of dollars to its rightful owner was told on Friday that honesty ...

Fri, June 10, 2011

De la Rosa back at Sauber as emergency fill in

By Steve Keating

MONTREAL (Reuters) - Pedro de la Rosa will return to the Sauber team that sacked him a year ago for Sunday's ...

Fri, June 10, 2011

Toyota owners set back in U.S. lawsuit over losses

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge said Toyota owners outside California who seek to recover losses in their vehicles' value resulting from unintended acceleration ...

Thu, June 09, 2011

France could back Greek rollover if no credit event

By Daniel Flynn

PARIS (Reuters) - France could back a private sector rollover of Greek debt as part of a new EU-IMF bailout if a ...

Thu, June 09, 2011

J.J. Abrams goes back to future in "Super 8"

By Zorianna Kit

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - J.J. Abrams, the filmmaker behind the TV shows "Alias," "Lost" and the movies "Mission: Impossible III" and ...

Wed, June 08, 2011

Videogame publishers in surprise move back Nintendo

By Liana B. Baker

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The world's biggest video game publishers, in a surprise move after years of rocky relations with ...

Wed, June 08, 2011

Europe eyes private sector role in Greek debt deal

By Andreas Rinke and Noah Barkin

BERLIN (Reuters) - The euro zone edged closer on Wednesday to a compromise on a second Greek bailout package ...

Tue, June 07, 2011

Roddick survives ace barrage by Lopez at Queen's

By Martyn Herman

LONDON (Reuters) - Andy Roddick's right shoulder survived a bruising examination by Spaniard Feliciano Lopez on Tuesday as the American opened ...

Tue, June 07, 2011

Bruins maul Canucks to claw back into Stanley Cup

By Steve Keating

BOSTON (Reuters) - Boston clawed their way back into the NHL Stanley Cup Finals by mauling the Vancouver Canucks 8-1 on Monday ...

Sun, June 05, 2011

Rafa and Roger are back in the game, says Federer

By Julien Pretot

PARIS (Reuters) - One of her twin girls in one arm and a glass of champagne in the other hand, Roger Federer ...

Sun, June 05, 2011

MTV Movie Award ratings fall for second year

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Viewership for the MTV Movie Awards dropped for the second year as the show once again offered a raw mix of ...

Sat, June 04, 2011

China's "Golden Flower" Li stuns fans back home

By Ben Blanchard

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese sports fans were toasting Li Na on Saturday as she became the country's first tennis player to ...

Thu, June 02, 2011

New "X-Men" set to power back mutant film franchise

By Christine Kearney

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The "X-Men" franchise is back in theaters worldwide this week after a two year break and set to ...

Wed, June 01, 2011

Court tells American to put airfares back on Orbitz

By Kyle Peterson

CHICAGO (Reuters) - AMR Corp's American Airlines must reinstate its fares and flight schedule on Orbitz.com after it pulled content ...

Wed, June 01, 2011

Zenyatta back in foal

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Zenyatta, last season's champion American racehorse, is back in foal after her first pregnancy failed, it was announced on her ...

Wed, June 01, 2011

150 economists back Republicans in debt fight

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 150 economists back House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner's call to match any increase in the debt limit with ...

Sun, May 29, 2011

Strauss-Kahn assembles crisis team to fight back

By Mark Hosenball and Brian Love

WASHINGTON/PARIS (Reuters) - Faced with a legal and media onslaught, Dominique Strauss-Kahn is pulling together a crack team ...

Sun, May 29, 2011

Lagarde has G8 backing; hits back at inquiry call

By Helen Massy-Beresford and Yves Clarisse

PARIS (Reuters) - G8 leaders all back French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde's bid to run the IMF, Foreign ...

Sun, May 29, 2011

France's Lagarde hits back over Tapie inquiry call

PARIS (Reuters) - Finance Minister Christine Lagarde questioned on Sunday the legal and factual basis of a call by the public prosecutor for a formal ...

Sat, May 28, 2011

Obama back in Washington after European tour

ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Maryland (Reuters) - President Barack Obama arrived back in the Washington area late Saturday afternoon following a weeklong tour that took ...

Fri, May 27, 2011

Amy Winehouse out of rehab and "raring to go"

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - British singer Amy Winehouse has ended her latest stint in rehab in London and will continue treatment as an outpatient, her ...

Thu, May 26, 2011

Special report: Disgraced John Ensign back in legal jeopardy

By Murray Waas

(Reuters) - It was one of the most high-profile investigations of a senator in years: John Ensign of Nevada had conducted an ...

Thu, May 26, 2011

James Bond back in novel penned by American bestseller

By Mike Collett-White

LONDON (Reuters) - Fittingly for the launch of the new authorized James Bond novel "Carte Blanche," there was a luxury car, champagne ...

Thu, May 26, 2011

Japan's Ricoh to axe 10,000 jobs, promises to get back in shape

By Mayumi Negishi

TOKYO (Reuters) - Copier and printer maker Ricoh Co will cut nearly 10 percent of its staff to try to boost profits ...

Wed, May 25, 2011

Lawmakers may back electric cars bill: White House advisor

By Ayesha Rascoe

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers may be able to pass a small energy package this year focused on popular measures such as electric ...

Wed, May 25, 2011

Djokovic goes back to black for easy win at French Open

By Mark Meadows

PARIS (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic is in such formidable form he could afford to wear an all-black outfit on a boiling hot ...

Wed, May 25, 2011

Colts' Manning has surgery, expected back for preseason

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning has undergone neck surgery, for the second time in just over a year, but expects to back ...

Tue, May 24, 2011

Ceremony To Mark Chrysler Loan Pay Back

DETROIT, Mich (WLMI)  Chrysler is poised to pay back nearly six-billion dollars in government loans and interest and will celebrate the milestone today with ...

Mon, May 23, 2011

Rangers welcome back sluggers Hamilton, Cruz from DL

DALLAS (Reuters) - The American League champion Texas Rangers were expected to regain some muscle in the middle of the batting order Monday with the ...

Mon, May 23, 2011

Senate Democrats back Obama on trade deals delay

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Forty-one Senate Democrats told President Barack Obama on Monday they agreed with his decision to not send three free-trade agreements with South ...

Sat, May 21, 2011

Brewers back to .500

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Wed, May 18, 2011

Baldwin back for Rock of Ages

The actor urged producers to find a replacement to portray Los Angeles nightclub boss Dennis Dupree in the film, because a mystery illness left ...

Mon, May 16, 2011

NY Mets' Wright sidelined with stress fracture in back

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Mets' third baseman David Wright has been sidelined indefinitely with a stress fracture in his back.

Wright sustained the ...

Mon, May 16, 2011

Surgery brings kids' smile back, most of the time

By Frederik Joelving

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Grafting a thigh muscle into the cheek of kids whose face has been paralyzed by brain surgery ...

Mon, May 16, 2011

JFC to consider scaling back Secretary of State's duties

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - The committee that’s rewriting the new state budget will consider scaling back the secretary of state’s duties on Thursday ...

Mon, May 16, 2011

Matlin owes back taxes

The Oscar-winning actress insists she's working out a schedule with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to pay back the debt, which dates back ...

Sat, May 14, 2011

"Back office" fraud seen rising after recession peak

By Barbara Liston

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - "Back office" fraud is draining corporate treasuries of billions of dollars a year, and the risk is growing ...

Fri, May 13, 2011

Momentum of No-No Back in Detroit

DETROIT (WKZO)-- Fresh off just the seventh no-hitter in Tigers history, Justin Verlander takes the mound in the first of their three game series ...

Fri, May 13, 2011

McDowell on the way back from 'rock bottom

By Simon Evans

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - Ending a poor run of form, Britain's Graeme McDowell is back in contention at this ...

Fri, May 13, 2011

Hear that buzzing? 13-year cicadas are back in U.S. South

By David Beasley

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Traveling through a rural part of the U.S. state of Georgia recently, Charles Seabrook heard a high-pitched whirring ...

Wed, May 11, 2011

Americans back tax increases in debt fix: Reuters poll

By Kim Dixon and Richard Cowan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than half of Americans say higher taxes should be part of a fix to tame ...

Wed, May 11, 2011

Hasselhoff heading back to acting

The Baywatch star has turned his attentions to light entertainment shows in recent years, with failed family fly-on-the-wall series The Hasselhoffs, which was cancelled ...

Wed, May 11, 2011

Everett injures back while cooking

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Tue, May 10, 2011

Minnesota Vikings back $1 billion suburban stadium plan

By David Bailey

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - The Minnesota Vikings on Tuesday backed a nearly $1.1 billion plan to build a football stadium in a ...

Tue, May 10, 2011

Depp suffered 'monstrous' back injury

The actor reprises his role as Captain Jack Sparrow in the latest installment of the hit franchise, but admits he spent three weeks of ...

Mon, May 09, 2011

Rush to kill nuclear dump sets back waste plans: GAO

By Roberta Rampton

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In its rush to abandon a politically toxic nuclear waste dump, the U.S. Energy Department may have wasted ...

Mon, May 09, 2011

Justin Bieber fires back at "naughty boy" reports

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Justin Bieber says "CSI" star Marg Helgenberger is "kinda lame" for calling him "a brat" in a recent interview.

The teen ...

Mon, May 09, 2011

Whitney Houston back in drug rehab

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Singer Whitney Houston is undergoing treatment again for drug and alcohol addiction, her spokeswoman said on Monday.

The multiple Grammy Award-winning ...

Mon, May 09, 2011

Cromwell wants Jockey Club boss to back PETA campaign

Organisers at the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have proposed the Thoroughbred 360 Lifecycle Retirement Fund, which raises money to help ...

Sat, May 07, 2011

Nadal fights back to beat Federer, Djokovic next

By Iain Rogers

MADRID (Reuters) - Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer served up another treat in the 24th chapter of their great rivalry on Saturday ...

Fri, May 06, 2011

Fed officials show in no rush to scale back stimulus

By Leah Schnurr

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two Federal Reserve officials on Friday stressed there will be no rush to roll back the U.S ...

Fri, May 06, 2011

South African Aiken back on top after seven-week break

By Norman Dabell

BARCELONA (Reuters) - South African Thomas Aiken mastered the Spanish Open winds on Friday to fashion a one-shot lead with a four-under ...

Fri, May 06, 2011

Most Survivors Will Be Back For 'Piranha 3DD'

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Wed, May 04, 2011

Portugal opposition set to back bailout

By Sergio Goncalves

LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's two key opposition parties signaled after meeting European and IMF officials on Wednesday they will back a ...

Tue, May 03, 2011

Investors move back into cash in April: Reuters poll

By Jeremy Gaunt, European Investment Correspondent

LONDON (Reuters) - Investors pulled back some of their exposure to equities in April, buying bonds and turning to ...

Tue, May 03, 2011

Prince William back at work after royal wedding

LONDON (Reuters) - It was back to the day job for Britain's Prince William on Tuesday, four days after he married long-term girlfriend Kate ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

U.S. pushes back day of reckoning on debt limit

By David Lawder and Rachelle Younglai

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Treasury on Monday pushed back the date when it expects the nation will run out ...

Mon, May 02, 2011

Ohio GM workers sue company, union for back pay

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A group of auto workers in Ohio is suing General Motors and the United Auto Workers union, claiming that GM unfairly ...

Fri, April 29, 2011

Temporary Stay Granted, NFL Lockout Back In Place

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (WTAQ) - The NFL lockout is back in place. 

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has granted a temporary stay of the ...

Fri, April 29, 2011

NFL Back to Work Friday as Draft Continues

NEW YORK, NY (WTAQ) - NFL players can head back to the locker rooms Friday morning. 

The league issued a statement Thursday telling all teams ...

Fri, April 29, 2011

China pushes back after U.S. criticism on rights

By Ben Blanchard

BEIJING (Reuters) - China pushed back against U.S. criticism of its human rights situation on Friday following talks on the issue ...

Thu, April 28, 2011

Nuclear regulator scrutinizes back-up power plans

By Roberta Rampton and Ayesha Rascoe

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One day after deadly tornadoes knocked out power to nuclear reactors in Alabama, the head of ...

Wed, April 27, 2011

Brewers rally back, but fall in 10th

MILWAUKEE (WSAU-TSN) Suddenly the Reds have the Brewers number again.

Drew Stubbs hit a solo homer in the 10th inning, lifting the Cincinnati Reds ...

Tue, April 26, 2011

Nasdaq, ICE urge NYSE shareholders to back talks

By Ann Saphir

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Nasdaq OMX Group <NDAQ.O> and IntercontinentalExchange Inc <ICE.N> appealed directly to NYSE Euronext <NYX.N> stockholders on ...

Tue, April 26, 2011

Brewers Welcome Hart Back, Face Reds Again Tonight

MILWAUKEE (WSAU) The Milwaukee Brewers are now 0-and-4 against Cincinnati this season, after losing to the Reds 9-to-5 last night at Miller Park. The ...

Tue, April 26, 2011

UBS sees money pour back as it rebuilds trust

By Emma Thomasson

ZURICH (Reuters) - UBS looked to put the financial crisis behind it on Tuesday, with money pouring into its core wealth management ...

Mon, April 25, 2011

Hart Expected Back This Week, Grienke Soon To Follow

 

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Fri, April 22, 2011

British hero who caught baby just wants to go back to vacation

By Barbara Liston

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - British tourist Helen Beard doesn't feel like a hero even after being feted on Friday for catching ...

Fri, April 22, 2011

The Tigers Will Try To Get Back To .500 Tonight

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Tue, April 19, 2011

Treasury hits back at Dodd-Frank critics

By David Lawder and Rachelle Younglai

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration fired a fresh salvo at Wall Street on Tuesday, telling critics of the ...

Mon, April 18, 2011

Obama administration pushes back against S&P downgrade

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is prepared to take the steps needed to reduce its ballooning budget deficits and both political parties agree now ...

Thu, April 14, 2011

Spotify to cut back free music in Europe

By Yinka Adegoke

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Spotify, the popular European online music service, has told record labels it will cut down the free music ...

Wed, April 13, 2011

China hits back at steroid meat charge

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has hit back at a report advising foreign athletes to avoid eating meat in the country due to what it said ...

Tue, April 12, 2011

"Scream 4" aims to put film franchise back on track

By R.T. Watson

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Nearly six years ago, "Scream" horror director Wes Craven said he didn't think it wise to ...

Tue, April 12, 2011

Intel to open Finnish R&D site as Nokia cuts back

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Intel plans to open a new research and development site in Finland, starting with some 200 staff at a time when Finnish ...

Mon, April 11, 2011

New Jerseyans back sharing police, fire and schools

NEW YORK (Reuters) - To save money, most New Jersey residents would support sharing police and fire departments and schools, a poll said on Monday ...

Sun, April 10, 2011

McGehee's late home run brings Brewers back to .500

MILWAUKEE (WSAU-TSN) With his batting average drifting down to .211, Casey McGehee was taken out of the starting line-up on Sunday. But he was ...

Fri, April 08, 2011

Tiger Woods back on the prowl at the Masters

By Julian Linden

AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - The deafening roar that echoed around Augusta National on Friday meant only one thing. Tiger Woods was back ...

Fri, April 08, 2011

Ryan Gosling Brings Steve Carell's Sexy Back in 'Crazy, Stupid, Love' Trailer

I'll admit, Crazy, Stupid, Love. does look like a mash-up of The 40 Year Old Virgin, Pretty Woman (meets Steve Carell), and maybe ...

Fri, April 08, 2011

Safina abandons Azarenka match with back injury

MADRID (Reuters) - Former world number one Dinara Safina was forced to abandon her quarter-final against top seed Victoria Azarenka at the Andalucia Tennis Championships ...

Fri, April 08, 2011

Orioles claw back Tigers in 9-5 win

BALTIMORE (Reuters) - The Baltimore Orioles trailed three times against Detroit on Thursday but fought back on each occasion to score a 9-5 win over ...

Thu, April 07, 2011

Woods upbeat despite sitting six back at Augusta

By Larry Fine

AUGUSTA (Reuters) - Tiger Woods, straining to remain upbeat as he struggles to regain form, said he was pleased after posting a ...

Wed, April 06, 2011

Analysis: TI-NatSemi deal vaults analog back into limelight

By Noel Randewich

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Analog chips are back in fashion after Texas Instruments Inc hatched a $6.5 billion deal to buy ...

Tue, April 05, 2011

Telecom empire building takes back seat

By Victoria Howley and Nicola Leske

LONDON (Reuters) - With the days of planting flags across the globe long gone, western European telecoms are unlikely ...

Sun, April 03, 2011

Whitecaps fight back while Beckham creates winner for L.A

By Simon Evans

MIAMI (Reuters) - The Vancouver Whitecaps stormed back from three goals down to earn a 3-3 draw in a thrilling encounter with ...

Fri, April 01, 2011

Nimoy back for more Transformers

Prime, the predecessor of Optimus Prime, is found crash-landed on the moon by the Apollo 11 astronauts in 1969. After being brought to earth ...

Fri, April 01, 2011

'In Treatment' May Be Back, But Not As You Know It

Sometimes, you have to shake it up. Things grow stale and you have to start over to feel fresh again. Such is the case ...

Thu, March 31, 2011

Reds Come Back To Beat Brewers In 9th

Cincinnatti, Ohio (WSAU) Brewer closer John Axford gave up four runs in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Reds beat the Brewers ...

Tue, March 29, 2011

Levi Strauss to pay over $1 million in overtime back wages

(Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co <LEVST.UL> agreed to pay more than $1 million in back wages for overtime to about 600 employees after the ...

Tue, March 29, 2011

Ex-Red Wing Marian Hossa Struck Back Last Night At Detroit, Scoring The Winning Goal In Overtime

Marian Hossa scored a power-play goal 51 seconds into overtime last night to give Chicago a 3-to-2 win over the Red Wings at Joe ...

Mon, March 28, 2011

Home Depot to buy back $1 billion shares; backs outlook

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Home Depot Inc <HD.N> said it will buy back $1 billion of outstanding shares through an accelerated share repurchase program ...

Mon, March 28, 2011

Experts back surgery to combat diabetes in obese patients

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A diabetes expert group backed the use of weight-loss surgery on Monday for the treatment of type 2 diabetes in severely obese ...

Mon, March 28, 2011

Butler Bulldogs Back In Final Four

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (WIBQ) - The Butler Bulldogs are back in the Final Four! With its victory over Florida, the "Bulldogs" were the first team to ...

Sat, March 26, 2011

Kalamazoo Central Wins Back-to-Back State Basketball Championship

EAST LANSING -- (WKZO) The Kalamazoo Central Maroon Giants had gone many years since they had won the state basketball title before last season.  Now ...

Fri, March 25, 2011

Britney is back, but can she compete with Gaga?

By Mike Collett-White

LONDON (Reuters) - As Britney Spears prepares to launch her seventh studio album "Femme Fatale" on Tuesday, the pop star faces keen ...

Thu, March 24, 2011

Nevada regulators back Caesars' Internet gambling gambit

By Timothy Pratt

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Nevada regulators have approved the first marketing agreement between a Las Vegas hotel and casino company and an ...

Thu, March 24, 2011

Jury gives crown back to taco-eating Texas beauty queen

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO, Tex (Reuters) - A Texas jury on Thursday gave the Miss San Antonio crown back to a 17-year-old woman stripped ...

Thu, March 24, 2011

March Madness Gets Back To Business Tonight

The Sweet Sixteen tips off tonight with four games as March Madness resumes with regional semi-final action in the NCAA Men’s Tournament.

In ...

Sat, March 19, 2011

Heartbroken Vonn says she will be back

By Manuele Lang

LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland (Reuters) - Lindsey Vonn was heartbroken when the weather cost her a chance for a fourth successive World Cup title ...

Fri, March 18, 2011

Redd Working His Way Back

 

Milwaukee, Wi (WSAU) Milwaukee Bucks’ guard Michael Redd could make his return as early as Wednesday night against Sacramento. It depends on how well ...

Fri, March 18, 2011

Worthington Drifts back to Aussie surf for new film

The Avatar star - who is an avid surfer - has focused on Hollywood blockbusters in recent years, but he's keen to get back Down ...

Thu, March 17, 2011

Camden, New Jersey to hire back some laid-off police

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Camden, New Jersey, forced to lay off nearly half its police force in a dramatic austerity measure at the start of the ...

Thu, March 17, 2011

Wahlberg is bringing The Fighter back

The actor plays real life boxing legend 'Irish' Micky Ward in the picture, opposite Christian Bale as Ward's half-brother Dicky Ecklund.

The Fighter ...

Wed, March 16, 2011

Lesbian U.S. employee set back in benefits fight

By Dan Levine

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Wednesday dealt a setback to a lesbian federal employee's bid to obtain ...

Wed, March 16, 2011

Japan scrambles to pull nuclear plant back from brink

By Shinichi Saoshiro and Chisa Fujioka

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's nuclear crisis appeared to be spinning out of control on Wednesday after workers withdrew ...

Wed, March 16, 2011

Survey finds Californians back tax extensions

SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - Californians would overwhelmingly back extending temporary tax increases to help balance the state's budget if asked to in a special ...

Wed, March 16, 2011

The Red Wings Are Back In Action Tonight

Detroit’s layoff for 3 days ends tonight when the Red Wings play the Capitals at Joe Louis Arena. Yesterday, general managers in the ...

Wed, March 16, 2011

Stamos urges Sheen to go back to TV

Sheen was fired from his role in the programme last week (07Mar11) after months of bizarre antics and a public feud with his TV ...

Tue, March 15, 2011

Hard rock band The Darkness back after 5 year break

LONDON (Reuters) - British hard rock band The Darkness is reforming after a five-year break to perform at the Download festival on June 10 as ...

Tue, March 15, 2011

Baldwin: 'Sheen should beg for TV job back'

Sheen was fired by TV bosses earlier this week (07Mar11) after months of controversy, which included a public feud with the show's creator ...

Mon, March 14, 2011

Crosby back on ice, return to game action still in doubt

TORONTO (Reuters) - Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby was back on skates for the first time in nearly 10 weeks Monday, but had no clue ...

Fri, March 11, 2011

AIG bid to buy back mortgage bonds may buoy market

By Al Yoon

NEW YORK (Reuters) - American International Group's bid to take back $15.7 billion in risky mortgage bonds may inject fresh ...

Fri, March 11, 2011

Obama news conference time pushed back

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The time of President Barack Obama's news conference on Friday has been changed to 12:30 p.m. EST from 11 ...

Fri, March 11, 2011

Hogan refusing to back down in tax fight

The Crocodile Dundee star was subjected to a long-running probe after he was accused of using offshore bank accounts to conceal his earnings, but ...

Wed, March 09, 2011

Fennville High Basketball Back at DeVos Tonight; Broadcast on The Van

HOLLAND, MI (WHTC News) - For the second time in three nights, DeVos Fieldhouse will light up with high school basketball because of tragedy.

The ...

Wed, March 09, 2011

The Red Wings Are Back In Action Tonight After A 3-Day Layoff

Detroit is getting ready for a pair of home games following a three day layoff after their 5-game road trip. The Red Wings tonight ...

Wed, March 09, 2011

Johansson heading back to Broadway with Hamm?

The three actors all appeared at a recent reading of the play in New York, hosted by Drama Desk Award-winning director Alex Timbers, according ...

Wed, March 09, 2011

Sheen heading to court to win back custody of his twins

The realtor won a restraining order against Sheen after claiming he had threatened her life - and then was given physical custody of the tots ...

Wed, March 09, 2011

Walliams hits back at critics

Come Fly With Me, a comedy show based around a fictional U.K. airport, launched on the BBC last year (10) but attracted several ...

Tue, March 08, 2011

AIG pays more funds back, TARP recovery at 70 percent

NEW YORK (Reuters) - American International Group <AIG.N> repaid another $6.9 billion of its bailout on Tuesday, the U.S. Treasury said.

With ...

Tue, March 08, 2011

Assembly Set to Roll Back Auto Insurance Levels

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - The Wisconsin Assembly is scheduled to vote Tuesday afternoon on a bill to wipe out the higher minimum levels of auto ...

Tue, March 08, 2011

Sheen back with porn star 'goddess'

The troubled actor revealed the ex porn star, aka Bree Olson, had ""left the building"" in his post, adding, ""We're sad... Over it ...

Mon, March 07, 2011

Travolta to reunite with Welcome Back, Kotter co-stars

The Grease star kickstarted his career in the high-school sitcom, playing dumb student Vinnie Barbarino, before finding fame on the big screen, and now ...

Mon, March 07, 2011

Blade Runner heading back to the big screen

Harrison Ford starred as a detective forced out of retirement to hunt down clones in Sir Ridley Scott's futuristic 1982 tale and Hollywood ...

Sat, March 05, 2011

The Chances That Lion’s Third String Quarterback Drew Stanton Will Be Back Have Improved

The Lions hope to have third string quarterback Drew Stanton back on the roster this fall for his fifth year in Detroit. The chances ...

Fri, March 04, 2011

Officials Back Off $7.5M Capitol Damage Estimate

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - State officials are backing off from a big damage estimate they gave to a judge Thursday, about the marks left by ...

Fri, March 04, 2011

The Lions Have Parted Ways With Running Back Kevin Smith And Linebacker Julian Peterson

Still no deal between the players and owners but no lockout yet and in the midst of the labor talks, the Lions are making ...

Fri, March 04, 2011

Michaels: 'Sheen will be back on Saturday Night Live'

The remainder of the eighth season of the hit sitcom was called off by network chiefs after Sheen publicly criticised series creator Chuck Lorre ...

Thu, March 03, 2011

Harvard brings ROTC back after gays decision

By Ros Krasny

BOSTON (Reuters) - Harvard University will soon welcome the Reserve Officer Training Corps program back on campus, some 40 years after military ...

Thu, March 03, 2011

Saints sign running back PIerre Thomas to four-year deal

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - The New Orleans Saints have agreed to terms on a new four-year contract with running back Pierre Thomas, the NFL team ...

Thu, March 03, 2011

Spencer Levin grabs early Honda lead, Westwood three back

MIAMI (Reuters) - Spencer Levin fired an opening round three-under 67 to grab the lead in the opening round of the Honda Classic on Thursday ...

Thu, March 03, 2011

Packers re-sign A.J. Hawk, Giants bring back returners

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A.J. Hawk has re-signed with Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers just ahead of a possible shutdown over a labor ...

Thu, March 03, 2011

Decades after spill, Exxon Valdez case back in court

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - More than two decades after the Exxon Valdez supertanker struck a reef and unleashed the nation's biggest ...

Thu, March 03, 2011

Hawk cut but should fly back

The Packers released veteran A.J. Hawk Wednesday but it could be a short term departure for the 5 year linebacker.  Hawk was due ...

Thu, March 03, 2011

Franco's rep hits back at Oscars upset reports

Reports suggest the actors weren't exactly best friends backstage at the Academy Awards - and tabloid reports suggest Franco and Hathaway didn't get ...

Wed, March 02, 2011

Serena back home after blood clot treatment

By Julian Linden

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Serena Williams was recovering at her Los Angeles home after undergoing emergency treatment for a blood clot in ...

Wed, March 02, 2011

Firth invited back to birth village

Locals in Grayshott, Surrey are tremendously proud of the actor, who claimed the Best Actor prize for his role in The King's Speech ...

Tue, March 01, 2011

Orlando's "Superman" brings new-look Knicks back to Earth

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Orlando brought the New York Knicks back to Earth with a bump Tuesday with Dwight Howard grabbing 30 points in the ...

Mon, February 28, 2011

Badger Men Back In Top Ten

 

Madison, Wi (WSAU)The Wisconsin men’s basketball team is back in the Top-10 in both national polls. The Badgers moved up two spots ...

Mon, February 28, 2011

Google, Khosla back weather insurance startup

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Silicon Valley venture capitalist Vinod Khosla and Google Ventures have invested $42 million in a start-up run by former Google employees ...

Sun, February 27, 2011

Fashion razzle dazzle is back on Oscar red carpet

By Zorianna Kit

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The women of Hollywood returned to razzle dazzle with an array of strong colors and sparkling gowns on ...

Sun, February 27, 2011

Republican says won't back down in union battle

By David Bailey

MADISON, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Wisconsin's Republican Governor Scott Walker said on Sunday he would not back down in his confrontation with ...

Thu, February 24, 2011

Sheen wants Bernsen back for more Major League

Movie executives are revamping Sheen's hit baseball film franchise but Bernsen - who played Roger Dorn in the first three movies - has not yet ...

Thu, February 24, 2011

CIA, Pakistani cooperation scaled back after shooting

By Chris Allbritton

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Cooperation between the American and Pakistani spy agencies has been scaled back because of an incident involving a CIA ...

Wed, February 23, 2011

Heydon urges Scottish officials to back local movies

The director was tasked with helming the movie version of Scottish writer Irvine Welsh's book Ecstasy and planned to film it in its ...

Tue, February 22, 2011

Security Tight as Senate, Assembly Back in Session

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Only two entrances are open at the State Capitol Tuesday, as lawmakers get ready to debate the budget repair bill.

The ...

Mon, February 21, 2011

Man bag fad may lead to back bother: chiropractors

By Madeleine Cowley

LONDON (Reuters) - Sporting a weighty man bag may be the latest fashion for fellows but it can cause back pain and ...

Mon, February 21, 2011

Smith opera composer hits back at critics

Bosses of the production, simply titled Anna Nicole, are facing a potential lawsuit amid claims they are staging the show at London's Royal ...

Mon, February 21, 2011

Neeson fears Taken film has set back European travel for U.S. parents

In the action film, the Irish-born actor's character has to hunt down his daughter in France after she and a friend are kidnapped ...

Fri, February 18, 2011

Taco-eating Texas beauty queen gets crown back for now

By Jim Forsyth

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. (Reuters) - A beauty queen stripped of her crown for infractions including gaining weight from eating tacos was temporarily ...

Thu, February 17, 2011

Daytona 500 Pole Winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. Goes To The Back Of The Field For Sunday’s Race After Crashing

Dale Earnhardt Jr. will have to forfeit his pole position for the Daytona 500 after crashing in Wednesday's first practice session at Daytona ...

Thu, February 17, 2011

The Rock back in the ring

Johnson shot to fame as a professional wrestler but has turned his attentions to carving out a career in Hollywood in recent years with ...

Wed, February 16, 2011

Tupac Shakur film back on track after legal battle

By Matthew Belloni

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - For two years, it seemed the biopic of slain rapper Tupac Shakur, a.k.a. 2Pac, had ...

Wed, February 16, 2011

Gay marriage case back in California court, adds delay

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The California Supreme Court waded back into the gay marriage debate on Wednesday, adding about a year's delay to a ...

Wed, February 16, 2011

Contador back in the saddle after ban lifted

FARO, Portugal (Reuters) - Three-times Tour de France champion Alberto Contador returned to competition just one day after his provisional one-year ban for doping was ...

Wed, February 16, 2011

Alberto Contador back in the saddle after doping ban lifted

FARO, Portugal (Reuters) - Tour de France champion Alberto Contador returned to competition just one day after his provisional one-year ban for doping was lifted ...

Wed, February 16, 2011

SocGen's Q4 profits bounce back

By Lionel Laurent and Matthieu Protard

PARIS (Reuters) - Profits at French bank Societe Generale <SOGN.PA> nearly quadrupled in the final quarter of last ...

Mon, February 14, 2011

Monarch butterfly count bounces back from bad year

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Monarch butterfly colonies in Mexico more than doubled in size this winter after bad storms devastated their numbers a year ago ...

Mon, February 14, 2011

G20 too divided to back tough curbs on speculators

By Huw Jones

LONDON (Reuters) - French hopes for tough curbs on commodities speculation to tame soaring food prices look set to be thwarted as ...

Mon, February 14, 2011

Schwarzenegger: 'I told you I'll be back!'

The action man has taken to his Twitter.com account to let fans know he's planning a major Hollywood comeback.

He wrote, ""Exciting ...

Mon, February 14, 2011

Adrian Lyne Returns To Film With 'Back Roads'

There are so few great filmmakers in the world, I just hate it when one stops working. I'm sure that's how some ...

Mon, February 14, 2011

'Modern Family' Recap: Bixby's Back

S2E14: Ah, another Modern Family Valentine's Day episode. I guess its a little unfair to say that considering there has been only one ...

Mon, February 14, 2011

North Korea's "Office 38" back in business

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has revived its "Office 38," the party bureau that manages the funds of its ailing leader Kim Jong-il and ruling ...

Thu, February 10, 2011

He's back! Arnold Schwarzenegger returns to movies

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Arnold Schwarzenegger is changing his famous catch-phrase to "I'm back" from "I'll be back."

The former governor of California ...

Thu, February 10, 2011

The Hobbit schedule 'back on track' after Jackson's surgery

The moviemaker was admitted to hospital last month (Jan11) to undergo an operation to treat a perforated ulcer and movie bosses revealed production had ...

Wed, February 09, 2011

Packer Front Office Gets Back To Work

 

Green Bay, Wi (WSAU) As fans and players continue to celebrate, the Green Bay Packers’ management is already going to work on its roster ...

Wed, February 09, 2011

Assembly Plans Final Vote on Rolling Back Minimum Auto Coverage

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - The Wisconsin Assembly plans a final vote February 22nd on reducing auto insurance coverage minimums to what they were before Democrats ...

Wed, February 09, 2011

Prince Harry back with on/off girlfriend?

The British royal has been single since breaking up with the Zimbabwe-born heiress last year (10) after several years together.

However, despite claims the ...

Tue, February 08, 2011

South Carolina bailout pushes back Medicaid crisis

By Harriet McLeod

CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - South Carolina's budget watchdog on Tuesday okayed a partial, $100 million bailout that delays a payments ...

Mon, February 07, 2011

Muslim man hurt in attack back at work, suspect freed

By Robert Green

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Reuters) - A Muslim man who says he was stabbed because of his religion was back at work on ...

Mon, February 07, 2011

Meester held back during Roommate fight scenes

The Gossip Girl star plays a crazed student who becomes obsessed with her fellow tenant, played by Kelly, turning her life into a living ...

Mon, February 07, 2011

Brolin buys back ranch

The star always promised himself he'd buy back the property when his fortunes were better - and now he's the proud owner of ...

Sun, February 06, 2011

Lombardi Trophy comes back to Titletown; Packers beat Steelers 31-25

ARLINGTON, Tx (TSN-WSAU) The Packers bent, but never broke.

An MVP performance by Aaron Rodgers and a swarming Green Bay defense made sure of ...

Sat, February 05, 2011

Lakers storm back in final quarter to sting Hornets

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - All-Stars Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol combined to score 66 points and lead the twice defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers ...

Fri, February 04, 2011

Bill Clinton sees Dimon getting banks back to basics

By Matthew Goldstein

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bill Clinton says the "jury may still be out" on whether behemoth banks like JPMorgan Chase are good ...

Fri, February 04, 2011

Profit boom puts pressure on miners to hand back cash

By Sonali Paul and Julie Crust

MELBOURNE/LONDON (Reuters) - Top global miners are set to report a doubling in profits for the December half ...

Fri, February 04, 2011

Celeb Speak: Elton John Tells Billy Joel To Go Back To Rehab

Like the incredibly annoying neighbor who acts superior even though her son is a shit who lynches caterpillars, Elton John told a Rolling Stone ...

Thu, February 03, 2011

JPMorgan fires back in $6.4 billion Madoff lawsuit

By Jonathan Stempel

NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co accused the trustee seeking $6.4 billion for victims of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme ...

Thu, February 03, 2011

Zsa Zsa rushed back to hospital

The 93 year old was released from UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles last month (Jan11) after doctors had to amputate part of her ...

Thu, February 03, 2011

Globes boss denies inviting Gervais back as host for 2012

Philip Berk, the president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) which oversees the annual ceremony and telecast, disapproved of the Brit's barbed ...

Thu, February 03, 2011

Shell profit held back by weak refining

By Sarah Young

LONDON (Reuters) - Shell <RDSa.L> disappointed markets with weak refining and downstream results on Thursday, as an oil price fueled rebound ...

Wed, February 02, 2011

Lightning place back-up goalie Smith on waivers

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Tampa Bay Lightning have placed goalie Mike Smith on waivers following the recent acquisition of starter Dwayne Roloson, the National ...

Wed, February 02, 2011

The Tigers Confirmed Tuesday That Pitcher Jeremy Bonderman Won’t Be Back

The Tigers last month said they were possibly interested in signing pitcher Jeremy Bonderman to a minor league contract this spring, but team President ...

Tue, February 01, 2011

"Hurt Locker" shoot back at war veteran's lawsuit

By Eriq Gardner

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Producers of Oscar-winning film "The Hurt Locker" have lobbed a free-speech grenade at Iraq war veteran Jeffrey ...

Tue, February 01, 2011

"Idol" producer says show back from dark side

By Shirley Halperin

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "American Idol" season 10 just started, but if you think Nashville auditioner Lauren Alaina has the contest ...

Tue, February 01, 2011

Steelers owner expects NFL back in Los Angeles by 2016

By Steve Keating

DALLAS (Reuters) - The NFL should return to Los Angeles by 2016 but the league is not ready to expand internationally anytime ...

Mon, January 31, 2011

Director Peter Weir finds "Way Back" to big screen

By Jenelle Riley

LOS ANGELES (Back Stage) - It's difficult to find a common thread among Peter Weir's films.

The Australian native's ...

Mon, January 31, 2011

Steelers did not back Ben Roethlisberger: Goodell

By Simon Evans

DALLAS (Reuters) - NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Ben Roethlisberger received no backing from his Pittsburgh Steelers team mates when he interviewed ...

Mon, January 31, 2011

Dench back for seventh Bond movie

The British thespian has played MI6 boss M in six Bond films and she'll return for her seventh this year (11).

She says ...

Fri, January 28, 2011

Committee OK's Rolling Back Minimum Auto Insurance Coverage

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Wisconsin is one step closer to rolling back higher minimum coverage levels for auto insurance.

The Assembly Insurance Committee voted 10 ...

Thu, January 27, 2011

Back surgery to sideline Canucks' Edler indefinitely

VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Vancouver Canucks defenseman Alex Edler will undergo back surgery and be sidelined indefinitely, the NHL team said Thursday.

"After consultation with our ...

Wed, January 26, 2011

Packers Get Back To Work

GREEN BAY (WSAU) Green Bay Packers’ coach Mike McCarthy gave his players Monday and Tuesday to make arrangements for their families-and-friends to attend Super ...

Wed, January 26, 2011

Fergie's TV show pushed back

The Duchess of York's Finding Sarah reality show was scheduled to launch this spring (11) on Oprah Winfrey's new OWN network, but ...

Mon, January 24, 2011

Fosse dancing back to the big screen

Executives at HBO Films are working on an adaptation of Bye, Bye Life: The Loves and Deaths of Bob Fosse, a forthcoming biography from ...

Mon, January 24, 2011

'American Idol' Is Back! Season 10 Premiere Recap

Well folks, the first night of the new American Idol has come and gone and now we get to discuss just how ""new"" this ...

Mon, January 24, 2011

Pastore's rep hits back at rapper's video shoot claims

The 64 year old signed up to appear in Testa's promo for his new record, Paper Chaser, alongside his The Sopranos co-star Joseph ...

Mon, January 24, 2011

Daily Shuffle: Are Jake And Taylor Back On?

Are Taylor Swift and Jake Gyllenhaal dating again? Here are the clues we have: they were spotted on Wednesday having dinner at a place ...

Sun, January 23, 2011

Anthony erupts for 36 as Nuggets pay back Pacers

DENVER (Reuters) - Carmelo Anthony got off to a sluggish start but caught fire in the third quarter as the Denver Nuggets crushed the Indiana ...

Sat, January 22, 2011

Don't rule out debt buy-back idea: Juncker

BERLIN (Reuters) - European leaders should not shy away from a proposal to buy back the bonds of troubled euro member states but should not ...

Fri, January 21, 2011

After a long hiatus, Peter Weir finds "The Way Back"

By Zorianna Kit

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Australian director Peter Weir is back in U.S. movie theaters on Friday with his first film in ...

Fri, January 21, 2011

Sony, Fox & Paramount Want To Bring Bond Back To The Big Screen

Are you ready for a battle of the multi-billion-dollar conglomerates? THR reports that Sony Pictures, 20th Century Fox and Paramount Pictures all want to ...

Thu, January 20, 2011

Back surgery does not end careers for NFL linemen

By Rachael Myers Lowe

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Professional football players, even those in the most physically punishing positions, can undergo back surgery and ...

Thu, January 20, 2011

Sony Ericsson held back by outdated handsets

By Simon Johnson by Tarmo Virki

STOCKHOLM/HELSINKI (Reuters) - Sony Ericsson is looking to a new line of smartphones to boost growth after a ...

Thu, January 20, 2011

Gervais: 'I won't be back as Globes host'

The Brit has come under fire from critics for going too far with his humour at the event - with Tom Hanks and Robert Downey ...

Wed, January 19, 2011

Corrected: Gene study may help find why bedbugs are back

Corrects first, ninth paragraphs to make clear the entire genetic map was not sequenced

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers in the United States have sequenced most ...

Wed, January 19, 2011

Hearing Wednesday on Bill Rolling Back Auto Insurance Coverage Limits

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Wisconsinites will have their say Wednesday on a bill to roll back the state’s coverage limits for auto insurance, with ...

Tue, January 18, 2011

Milroy Wants Tax Reciprocity Back

Wisconsin State Representative Nick Milroy or Superior wants new Governor Scott Walker to work with the state of Minnesota to resolve the tax reciprocity ...

Mon, January 17, 2011

Rockford Files put back on the shelf

Shore had planned to script and produce a rejuvenated Rockford Files, which originally starred James Garner as private investigator Jim Rockford, and was rumoured ...

Mon, January 17, 2011

Henin back from brink in second comeback at Melbourne

By Ian Ransom

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Justine Henin, who quit the tour in 2008 to find herself, nearly found herself out of the Australian Open ...

Fri, January 14, 2011

Cruise lines to cut back Mexico trips amid violence

By Alex Dobuzinskis

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Three cruise lines will end or scale back on trips to Mexico from southern California, a trend some ...

Fri, January 14, 2011

At the Super Bowl, carmakers are back in the game

By Paul Thomasch and Ben Klayman

NEW YORK/DETROIT (Reuters) - Viewers can be forgiven for assuming Super Bowl XLV is being played in Detroit ...

Fri, January 14, 2011

Carl Schwartzel gets back in the swing with blistering 61

By Ken Borland

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Defending champion Charl Schwartzel, energised by swing tips from fellow South African golfer Hendrik Buhrmann, sprinted into a share ...

Fri, January 14, 2011

Several Legislators Look To Bring Back Reciprocity

As Minnesota officials accuse Wisconsin of being 58-million-dollars in arrears on a final income tax reciprocity payment, a lawmaker from southeastern Minnesota has introduced ...

Fri, January 14, 2011

Bogut Battling Bad Back As Bucks Head To Philly

 

Milwaukee, Wi (WSAU) Milwaukee Bucks’ center Andrew Bogut says he’ll try to play tonight at Philadelphia, despite hurting his upper back on Wednesday ...

Thu, January 13, 2011

Backstreet Boys' A.J. McLean heads back to rehab

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Backstreet Boy A.J. McLean has confirmed that he has entered a rehab facility.

"For personal reasons, I've checked ...

Thu, January 13, 2011

Craig back as Bond in November, 2012

Daniel Craig will return as the superspy in the 23rd Bond film, which will go before cameras later this year (11) and hit cinemas ...

Thu, January 13, 2011

Blue Valentine brought Williams back to life

Williams was left devastated when Ledger, the father of her daughter Matilda, passed away after suffering an accidental drug overdose in January, 2008.

The ...

Thu, January 13, 2011

McKellen back as Gandalf in Rings sequels

A day after castmate Elijah Wood was announced for The Hobbit - and a week after Cate Blanchett agreed to reprise her role of Galadriel ...

Wed, January 12, 2011

Bucks Get Back To Work

 

Milwaukee, Wi (WSAU) It’s been almost three weeks since the Milwaukee Bucks won back-to-back games. But if they can beat San Antonio tonight ...

Wed, January 12, 2011

Lawmakers Intro Bill to Roll Back Auto Insurance Coverage to '09 Levels

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - A bill will be introduced Wednesday to roll back Wisconsin’s minimum coverage limits for auto insurance that were blamed for ...

Tue, January 11, 2011

James Bond to blast back into movie theaters

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - It's hard to keep a good man down, even after bankruptcy.

British secret agent James Bond, 007, is set to ...

Mon, January 10, 2011

Lohan accuser urges cops to 'back off'

Last month (Dec10) Dawn Holland claimed Lohan lashed out at her at the Betty Ford Center, where the actress was serving three-months of court-ordered ...

Mon, January 10, 2011

White to cut back on workload after stellar 2010

The Golden Girls favourite made a comeback in 2010, landing a role in Sandra Bullock hit The Proposal and fronting an episode of Saturday ...

Mon, January 10, 2011

'Jersey Shore' Recap: Back to the Shore

S2:E14 Because Jersey girls are a lot "easier" than Miami girls, the cast of the Jersey Shore ventured back to their Italian flag ...

Mon, January 10, 2011

Knight fires back at mistaken identity story

The Brady Bunch star was caught up in a legal spat after he was falsely accused of an attack on an accountant earlier this ...

Fri, January 07, 2011

Devils' Langenbrunner traded back to Stars

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The struggling New Jersey Devils have traded their captain Jamie Langenbrunner to the Dallas Stars, returning the right winger to the ...

Fri, January 07, 2011

Pack may get Jenkins back

Cullen Jenkins set a career high with 7 sacks this season but his final month got sacked with a badly strained calf muscle.  Jenkins ...

Wed, January 05, 2011

Second Saints running back placed on IR

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - The New Orleans Saints will enter the playoffs without their top two running backs after announcing on Wednesday that Pierre Thomas ...

Wed, January 05, 2011

Paula Abdul dances back into hearts of viewers

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Paula Abdul danced back onto U.S. television for the first time since her controversial 2009 exit from "American Idol", attracting ...

Mon, January 03, 2011

Michigan Coach Rich Rodriguez Is Expected To Meet With Athletic Director Dave Brandon, Who Said He Could Announce By The End Of This Week Whether Rodriguez Will Be Back

The future of Michigan Coach Rich Rodriguez has been in limbo for more than a month following the end of the regular season but ...

Sun, January 02, 2011

Wisconsin Farm Bureau Look Back at 2010, Ahead to 2011

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - A spokesperson for the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation, says 2010’s top stories for farmers were the November elections, the animal ...

Fri, December 31, 2010

Le Blanc back after hiatus

The actor, who made his millions as clueless Joey in the hit sitcom, dropped out of the spotlight in 2006 when his spin-off show ...

Fri, December 31, 2010

Leguizamo heading back to Broadway

The actor will begin previews of Ghetto Klown at Manhattan's Lyceum Theater on 21 February (11).

The show chronicles the early days of ...

Thu, December 30, 2010

Penn, Haggis & Weinstein back calls to free jailed Iranian directors

Jafar Panahi, a vocal supporter of the country's opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi, was arrested in March (10) and was recently convicted of campaigning ...

Thu, December 30, 2010

Empire Strikes Back and The Exorcist make Congress archives

Twenty five films have been selected to be stored in the national archives as part of an annual drive to preserve movies with artistic ...

Wed, December 29, 2010

Peet's awful London schooldays come back to haunt her on Irish trip

The 2012 star has recently returned from Belfast, Ireland, where her eldest daughter Frankie went to school - and Peet can only hope the child ...

Tue, December 28, 2010

Butler headed back to Scotland for Christmas

The Bounty Hunter actor is eager to put his busy schedule on hold to feast with the Butler clan.

And he even does dish ...

Tue, December 28, 2010

Pee-wee back on TV

Bosses at HBO have announced they will broadcast the Broadway production based on Paul Reubens' original stage show early next year (11).

Reubens has ...

Tue, December 28, 2010

Hogan recovering from back surgery

The 57-year-old wrestling icon checked into a Florida hospital to undergo major surgery just days after marrying fiancee Jennifer McDaniel last week (14Dec10).

The ...

Mon, December 27, 2010

Analysis: Consumer spending back to normal? Not so fast

By Phil Wahba and Dhanya Skariachan

NEW YORK (Reuters) - As U.S. retailers get ready to box up their Christmas decorations after a better-than-expected ...

Mon, December 27, 2010

Shoppers Back at Stores Returning Gifts, Finding Sales

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WTAQ) - Wisconsin shoppers returned to the stores Sunday to return Christmas gifts that didn’t fit, and to pick up things ...

Thu, December 23, 2010

Rapper Nelly moves forward in life by giving back

By Bruce Olson

ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Ten years into a successful career, rapper Nelly is all about giving back to his hometown community and ...

Thu, December 23, 2010

Mayville Bringing Production Back to Wautoma Plant

WAUTOMA, Wis. (WTAQ) - Mayville Engineering plans to start production early next year at an old factory the firm recently bought in Wautoma.

Mayville is ...

Wed, December 22, 2010

Home sales bounce back, 3rd-quarter GDP raised

By Lucia Mutikani

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sales of previously owned U.S. homes rose in November, offering the latest sign the economy was ending the ...

Wed, December 22, 2010

Sony in talks to buy back Toshiba chip line: source

TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp is in talks to buy a Japanese microchip production line from Toshiba Corp for an estimated 50 billion yen ($598 ...

Mon, December 20, 2010

Colts Top Jags, Move Back Into 1st Place

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (WIBQ) - The Indianapolis Colts pulled out a wild win Sunday afternoon at Lucas Oil Stadium.  In a game that had the pressure ...

Sat, December 18, 2010

Rodgers likely to sit against Patriots; Harrell signed as back-up quarterback

GREEN BAY (TSN-WSAU) The Green Bay Packers have all but ruled out starting quarterback Aaron Rodgers for Sunday night's contest against New England ...

Sat, December 18, 2010

Vonn back at the top after combined win

By Manuele Lang

VAL D'ISERE, France (Reuters) - Lindsey Vonn fought her way back to the top of the Alpine ski World Cup standings ...

Fri, December 17, 2010

Detroit Got Some Help For Its Injury-Riddled Secondary By Claiming Ex-Lion Defensive Back Eric King Off Waivers

Ex-Detroit defensive back Eric King should be some help for the Lion’s injury riddled secondary. King yesterday was claimed off waivers from the ...

Fri, December 17, 2010

Mags Will Be Back For At Least One More Season In Motown

Is the soon-to-be 37-year old Magglio Ordonez worth ten million dollars to play for at least one more season for the Tigers? Apparently we ...

Fri, December 17, 2010

Firth turns his back on political party

The Bridget Jones's Diary actor supported the party's leader Nick Clegg throughout his campaign to become British prime minister in May (10 ...

Fri, December 17, 2010

Holmes heading back to Broadway?

Show producers want to launch the play in the Big Apple by the 2011-2012 season - and Holmes is at the top of the list ...

Thu, December 16, 2010

Duran Duran goes forward on new album by going back

By Bernard Orr

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Duran Duran rose to fame in the 1980s with stylized videos that fueled the early MTV generation, and ...

Wed, December 15, 2010

Grey recovering from back surgery

The Dirty Dancing actress was crowned the queen of the dancefloor last month (Nov10) but almost pulled out of the finale altogether after rupturing ...

Wed, December 15, 2010

Cage starts paying back taxes owed

The extent of the National Treasure star's money troubles hit the headlines last year (09) when he filed suit against his former business ...

Tue, December 14, 2010

Assange back in jail as Sweden appeals bail

By Peter Griffiths

LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, a target of U.S. ire for releasing secret cables, returned to a London jail ...

Mon, December 13, 2010

Bank regulators back new capital plan

By Dave Clarke

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bank holding companies would not be allowed to dip below the strict capital standards of their federally insured bank ...

Mon, December 13, 2010

Pacquiao fires back at record deal lawsuit

The Filipino sportsman is said to have made an agreement with bosses at RBM Group International in 2009 to record 12 tracks.

Bosses at ...

Mon, December 13, 2010

Brand brings spooky U.K. kids show back to life

Brand is expected to take on the role of recently deceased layabout Fred Mumford, who creates his own business in the afterlife by renting ...

Sat, December 11, 2010

Lawmakers Back Bill Allowing Hmong Vets Burial in Nat'l Cemeteries

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Several Wisconsin Congress members are getting behind a proposal to allow Hmong veterans to be buried in national cemeteries.

Many Hmong ...

Fri, December 10, 2010

Lion’s Running Back Jahvid Best Returned To Practice Yesterday

The Lions returned to the practice field yesterday but after throwing on Wednesday during individual drills, quarterback Matthew Stafford did not practice yesterday. Stafford ...

Fri, December 10, 2010

Porn company bosses fire back over Kutcher legal threat

Vivid Entertainment chiefs are set to release a new porn video featuring Brittney Jones, who claims to have slept with Kutcher.

A press release ...

Thu, December 09, 2010

Western Michigan Was Able To Turn Back A Late Rally By Detroit Mercy

Western Michigan held on for a 71-to-69 win over Detroit Mercy last night at University Arena in Kalamazoo. The Broncos had a nine point ...

Thu, December 09, 2010

UPS to hike dividend, buy back more stock: CFO in paper

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - United Parcel Service <UPS.N> plans to woo shareholders with a higher dividend and more share buybacks rather than use strong cashflow ...

Thu, December 09, 2010

Kim Kardashian And Justin Timberlake Come Back To 'Life'

And by 'life' I mean Twitter. I know you've all been panicking, or perhaps mildly wondering, or maybe even taking momentary solace in ...

Wed, December 08, 2010

Intel has 35 tablet wins, buys back shares

By Noel Randewich

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intel Corp <INTC.O> has resumed share buybacks after a pause of more than a year and its ...

Tue, December 07, 2010

U.S. advisers back first new diet pill in a decade

By Susan Heavey

SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - The first new weight-loss pill in a decade moved closer to U.S. approval on Tuesday, when ...

Tue, December 07, 2010

EU agrees to back Russia's WTO entry

By Juliane von Reppert-Bismarck and Alexei Anishchuk

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union formally backed Russia's bid to join the World Trade Organization on ...

Mon, December 06, 2010

Bucks Welcome Back Bogut

Milwaukee, Wi (WSAU) Andrew Bogut's back was fine on Saturday night as the Bucks beat Orlando 96-85 at the Bradley Center. Bogut took ...

Mon, December 06, 2010

Gibson back on screen with The Beaver in spring

Gibson's latest offering, which has been directed by Jodie Foster, was put on hold when the actor hit the headlines earlier this year ...

Sat, December 04, 2010

France's Sarkozy calls on India to back G20 agenda

By Yann Le Guernigou

BANGALORE, India (Reuters) - President Nicolas Sarkozy urged India on Saturday to support France's agenda of reforming the global monetary ...

Fri, December 03, 2010

Advisers back wider use of Allergan weight band

By Lisa Richwine

GAITHERSBURG, Maryland (Reuters) - Allergan Inc's stomach band won support from U.S. advisers on Friday for implanting in a broader ...

Fri, December 03, 2010

Michigan Coach Rich Rodriguez Fought Back Tears Last Night In Addressing The Wolverine’s Annual Awards Banquet

"I truly want to be a Michigan man”. The words last night of U-of-M Coach Rich Rodriguez, who gave an emotional address at the ...

Fri, December 03, 2010

Cancer recovery is 'a long way back' for Douglas

The Wall Street star shocked fans with his pale and gaunt appearance while undergoing treatment for stage four throat cancer in October (10), but ...

Thu, December 02, 2010

Oilers storm back to clip Canadiens

MONTREAL (Reuters) - The Edmonton Oilers overcame a two-goal deficit in the third period to beat the Northeast Division-leading Montreal Canadiens 4-3 in overtime on ...

Wed, December 01, 2010

Grateful McDowell back at Sherwood after life-changing year

By Mark Lamport-Stokes

THOUSAND OAKS, California (Reuters) - U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell has barely had the chance to take stock of a life-changing ...

Wed, December 01, 2010

Pilic back in old routine for Davis Cup final

By Martyn Herman

BELGRADE (Reuters) - Bogdan Obradovic is Serbia's Davis Cup captain but as the players went through their paces on Wednesday, two ...

Wed, December 01, 2010

Irvin Kershner, Director of 'The Empire Strikes Back', Passes

In a year marked by deaths in the entertainment industry (and the death of quality entertainment), the extended Thanksgiving weekend did not spare us ...

Wed, December 01, 2010

Empire Strikes Back director Kershner dies

The American moviemaker, best known for directing Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, passed away at his home in Los Angeles after ...

Wed, December 01, 2010

49ers running back Gore out for season with hip injury

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The San Francisco 49ers placed Frank Gore on the injured reserve list on Tuesday after the Pro Bowl running back suffered ...

Tue, November 30, 2010

Uma Thurman stalker back in jail

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A man who was previously convicted of stalking actress Uma Thurman and harassing her family for two years was arrested and ...

Tue, November 30, 2010

Hickey glad to be back in bed with Nixon

Hickey played a playwright who bedded Nixon's Miranda in an episode of Sex & The City and now he's playing her lover in ...

Mon, November 29, 2010

Microsoft eyes leap back into TV: sources

By Yinka Adegoke

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is about to jump back into the TV game. Only this time, it may aim at ...

Mon, November 29, 2010

20 Ways to Get Katherine Heigl's Career Back on Track

A few months back we presented a plan to get Lindsay Lohan back on track. Miraculously, some of the items we suggested have already ...

Mon, November 29, 2010

Felton called back for Potter reshoots

Filming on the two-part epic came to an end over the summer (10), but Emma Watson, Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint were recently told ...

Sun, November 28, 2010

Jordan, Haas back in Presidents Cup assistant's role

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - NBA great Michael Jordan and golfer Jay Haas will be back as captain's assistants for golf's Presidents Cup in 2011 ...

Fri, November 26, 2010

Diaz & Rodriguez romance back on?

The Hollywood actress was first rumoured to be dating the sportsman back in February (10) when they were seen partying together during the Super ...

Thu, November 25, 2010

Alpine skiing Survivor Daniel Albrecht finally back on track

By Patrick Lang

LAKE LOUISE, Alberta (Reuters) - When Daniel Albrecht suffered a horrific training accident 22 months ago, it looked as if his skiing ...

Wed, November 24, 2010

Redskins running back Clinton Portis sidelined for the season

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Twice Pro Bowler Clinton Portis of the Washington Redskins was ruled out for the rest of the season on Wednesday after being ...

Wed, November 24, 2010

Lohan wins back right to drive

The Mean Girls star, who has been in and out of jail and rehab this year (10), is currently serving a three-month stint at ...

Tue, November 23, 2010

Good News On Bogut's Back

Milwaukee, Wi (WSAU) The Milwaukee Bucks got some good news today about center Andrew Bogut. an MRI did not turn up any significant injury ...

Tue, November 23, 2010

The Turf Toe Injury That’s Slowed Lion’s Rookie Running Back Jahvid Best Is Getting Worse

The Lions are up against it this week trying to get ready to play the 8-and-2 Patriots on Thanksgiving Day with half the normal ...

Mon, November 22, 2010

Rob Lytle, The Former Michigan All-American Running Back, Died Over The Weekend

Former Michigan All-American running back Rob Lytle has passed away at the age of 56. Lytle died Saturday of a heart attack in his ...

Mon, November 22, 2010

Ledger apartment back up for sale

Ledger was renting the downtown Manhattan apartment for $23,000 (£15,330) a month at the time of his death in January 2008.

The ...

Mon, November 22, 2010

Anderson urges Indian leaders to back leather ban

The Baywatch beauty jetted into Mumbai earlier this month (Nov10) to take part in the Indian version of Big Brother, Bigg Boss - but before ...

Mon, November 22, 2010

'Bad Teacher' Pushed Back to Summer By Sony

Sad news for all those Justin Timberlake fans out there. You're going to have to wait a few more months to see your ...

Mon, November 22, 2010

Longoria Parker heads back to work

The actress is seeking to end her three-year marriage to the sportsman, citing irreconcilable differences for the split.

Longoria filed for divorce on Wednesday ...

Mon, November 22, 2010

Grammer heading back to TV

The former Frasier star is swapping comedy for a tense political drama called Boss, which will mark Oscar-nominee Van Sant's first small screen ...

Sun, November 21, 2010

Red Wings battle back to douse Flames in overtime

DETROIT (Reuters) - Henrik Zetterberg scored with four seconds left in regulation and Nicklas Lidstrom got the game-winning goal in overtime to lift the Detroit ...

Sun, November 21, 2010

Raptors storm back to edge Celtics 102-101

TORONTO (Reuters) - Amir Johnson made a pair of free throws with two seconds remaining to give the Toronto Raptors a 102-101 win over the ...

Fri, November 19, 2010

Banks cut back on trading with embassies: report

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Some U.S. banks are cutting back their dealings with embassies and other foreign institutions in the United States because of ...

Fri, November 19, 2010

Auto industry pulls back from pension brink

By John Crawley

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. automakers and suppliers, led by a resurgent General Motors Co <GM.N>, have retreated from the brink ...

Fri, November 19, 2010

EU orders Italy to pay back Elton John subsidy

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission has ordered Italy to repay 720,000 euros ($1 million) used by local authorities to pay for a concert ...

Fri, November 19, 2010

Bucks Back In Action Tonight

Philadelphia, PA(WSAU) The Milwaukee Bucks will try to get back to .500 tonight when they play the 76ers in Philly. The Bucks are ...

Fri, November 19, 2010

Bernanke hits back at Fed critics

By Gavin Jones

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke hit back on Friday at critics of the U.S. central bank's bond-buying ...

Fri, November 19, 2010

Kal Penn goes back to politics

The star quit hit TV drama House to join U.S. President Barack Obama's office as Associate Director of Public Engagement in 2009 ...

Fri, November 19, 2010

William gave fiancee the chance to 'back out' of engagement

The prince proposed to Middleton in Kenya last month (Oct10) and chose to keep the news away from the media until Tuesday (16Nov10) to ...

Thu, November 18, 2010

NATO to back gradual withdrawal from Afghanistan

By David Brunnstrom

LISBON (Reuters) - NATO will back plans to pull most of the 150,000 foreign troops out of Afghanistan within four years ...

Thu, November 18, 2010

Bernanke hits back at Fed critics, points at China

By Mark Felsenthal

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Thursday hit back at critics of the U.S. central bank's controversial ...

Wed, November 17, 2010

Clinton tries to rally Senate to back START treaty

By David Alexander

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, vowing to do "whatever it takes," tried to rally Senate support on Wednesday for ...

Wed, November 17, 2010

Welcome Back, Potter!

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Wed, November 17, 2010

Lohan gets a police escort back to Hollywood

The troubled actress was allowed to attend a business meeting as part of a day release from the Betty Ford Clinic in Palm Springs ...

Wed, November 17, 2010

Hillary Clinton tries to rally Senate to back START treaty

By David Alexander

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, vowing to do "whatever it takes," tried to rally Senate support on Wednesday for ...

Wed, November 17, 2010

It’s Back To Business For Michigan State Football

Michigan State has lost its last six games following a bye week and Coach Mark Dantonio said at his weekly news conference Tuesday that ...

Tue, November 16, 2010

Japan brings first asteroid dust back to Earth

TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese space probe that ended a seven-year voyage earlier this year brought back dust from the surface of an asteroid for ...

Mon, November 15, 2010

Beaten Ferrari hit back at Italian politicians

By Alan Baldwin

ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Ferrari bosses heaped scorn on Italian politicians on Monday after some called for heads to roll over the ...

Sat, November 13, 2010

Karzai wants U.S. to cut back Afghan military operations

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai wants the U.S. military to scale back the visibility and intensity of its operations in Afghanistan and ...

Sat, November 13, 2010

Nicaragua, Costa Rica urged to pull back in river spat

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (Reuters) - The Organization of American States urged Nicaragua and Costa Rica on Saturday to withdraw their security forces from a ...

Fri, November 12, 2010

APEC leaders set to back free trade plans

By Linda Sieg and Jonathan Thatcher

YOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) - Asia-Pacific leaders were set on Sunday to embrace plans for balanced growth and free trade ...

Fri, November 12, 2010

Patriots visit Steelers aiming for usual bounce back

By Simon Evans

MIAMI (Reuters) - The Pittsburgh Steelers and New England Patriots highlight Sunday's NFL action in a Heinz Field match-up many believe ...

Fri, November 12, 2010

Fund manager Heebner turns back on Apple

BOSTON (Reuters) - Investment manager Ken Heebner, whose CGM Focus portfolio once ranked among the world's best mutual funds, dumped nearly all of his ...

Fri, November 12, 2010

Qantas plane turns back after engine problem: report

PARIS (Reuters) - An engine problem forced a Boeing 767 operated by the Australian airline Qantas to turn back to Perth on Friday, Australia's ...

Thu, November 11, 2010

U.S. take youthful squad back to South Africa

By Simon Evans

MIAMI (Reuters) - United States coach Bob Bradley will take a young and experimental team to South Africa for next week's ...

Tue, November 09, 2010

Bond is back

The 23rd 007 picture, starring Daniel Craig, was put on hold indefinitely this year (10) as the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) film studio fell into financial ...

Tue, November 09, 2010

Roth hits back at British movie poster ban

The watchdogs insist billboards advertising the film, which opened in Britain in September (10), are ""likely to upset children"" and they've called on ...

Tue, November 09, 2010

Anderson urges Israeli leaders to back anti-fur bill

The former Baywatch star is calling on the country's leaders to stop blocking legislation which could halt fur being imported into the country ...

Tue, November 09, 2010

NBA scoring leader Ellis hurts back in Warriors win

TORONTO (Reuters) - High-scoring Golden State guard Monta Ellis suffered a back injury that forced him out of his team's 109-102 victory over the ...

Tue, November 09, 2010

Homesick McIlroy turns his back on PGA Tour

By Bernie McGuire

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Northern Irish golfer Rory McIlroy will not join the U.S. PGA Tour for 2011, saying he enjoys his ...

Mon, November 08, 2010

Alibaba's Ma seeking funds to buy back Yahoo stake

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Alibaba Group, China's leading e-commerce company, is trying to engineer a management-led buyout of the 40 percent of the company ...

Mon, November 08, 2010

Nokia takes back control of Symbian software

By Tarmo Virki, European Technology Correspondent

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia Oyj will assume full control of the Symbian operating system, retaking management of a key ...

Mon, November 08, 2010

The Pistons Now Have Back-T0-Back Wins

The Pistons grabbed their second win of the season with a 102-97 victory over the Warriors last night at the Palace. Richard Hamilton led ...

Mon, November 08, 2010

MSNBC brings back suspended anchor Keith Olbermann

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Suspended liberal anchor Keith Olbermann will return to the MSNBC lineup on Tuesday, four days after the cable news network suspended ...

Sun, November 07, 2010

Browns shock Patriots, Jets and Vikings fight back

By Simon Evans

MIAMI (Reuters) - The New England Patriots suffered a surprise 34-14 defeat at the Cleveland Browns on Sunday while there were overtime ...

Sun, November 07, 2010

Cool Federer wins back Swiss title from Djokovic

By Brian Homewood

BASEL, Switzerland (Reuters) - Roger Federer won the Swiss Indoors title in his hometown for the fourth time in five years on ...

Fri, November 05, 2010

BofA fights pressure to buy back mortgages: report

(Reuters) - Bank of America Corp <BAC.N> on Thursday fended off demands from a group of big investors, including the New York Federal Reserve ...

Wed, November 03, 2010

Terse Westwood bats back suggestions No 1 ranking is hollow

By Peter Simpson

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Lee Westwood on Wednesday tersely dealt with suggestions his number one ranking was a hollow accolade because he has ...

Tue, November 02, 2010

Icahn roars back at Lions Gate in legal battles

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Carl Icahn said on Tuesday he will appeal a court ruling upholding a swap transaction by Lions Gate Entertainment that he ...

Mon, November 01, 2010

Verdasco's bid for finals back on track in Valencia

VALENCIA, Spain (Reuters) - Fernando Verdasco made a good start in his latest bid to secure a spot at the World Tour finals with a ...

Fri, October 29, 2010

LA airport attack plotter sent back to prison

By Basil Katz

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A man convicted over a plot to blow up Los Angeles airport who later cooperated with the government ...

Fri, October 29, 2010

Thompson forbids kids from turning Back To The Future dress into party gown

The actress took the dress home with her after the movie wrapped and it has been a prized keepsake ever since.

She tells WENN ...

Thu, October 28, 2010

Wal-Mart may scale back bid, keep Massmart listed

By David Dolan and Guglakhe Lourie

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Wal-Mart <WMT.N>, the world's biggest retailer, may scale back its $4 billion bid for ...

Thu, October 28, 2010

Longoria Parker's rep fires back at crash claims

Roman Gasparyan has threatened to sue the Desperate Housewives star, claiming he suffered back and neck pains after they were involved in a traffic ...

Thu, October 28, 2010

Spirit Awards head back to the beach

The 2011 ceremony, which salutes and applauds indie film, actors and moviemakers, will be staged under a tent in Santa Monica, California on the ...

Wed, October 27, 2010

Lightning strikes back to stun Penguins

TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - The Tampa Bay Lightning scored four unanswered goals to rally past the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-3 on Wednesday and retain top spot ...

Wed, October 27, 2010

Klein back to work after rehab

The American Pie star was taken into custody and charged with two misdemeanours after failing a sobriety test when his car was pulled over ...

Wed, October 27, 2010

No more Back To The Future without Fox

Fox played iconic teenage hero Marty McFly in three films, and previously admitted he would be happy to see the movies rebooted with a ...

Tue, October 26, 2010

Michigan Coach Rich Rodriguez Says Most Of His Injured And Dinged Up Players Are Back To Near 100%

"I’m ready to rock”…the words yesterday of Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson, who says he’s 100% following the Wolverine’s weekend off ...

Mon, October 25, 2010

'Jersey Shore' Recap: Back Into The Fold

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Mon, October 25, 2010

Lindsay Lohan Goes Back To Rehab

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Mon, October 25, 2010

Cook fights back over body image

The She's All That star has joined forces with Oscar-winner Geena Davis, the Girl Scouts of the USA and The Creative Coalition to ...

Sat, October 23, 2010

EU leaders to back diluted budget rules reform

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders will back next week a reform of EU budget rules which introduces new sanctions for rule-breakers but retains political ...

Fri, October 22, 2010

Cribbs back at Cleveland Browns' practice after concussion

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Cleveland Browns received a welcome boost on Friday when wide receiver Joshua Cribbs practiced for the first time since suffering ...

Fri, October 22, 2010

Lindsay Lohan avoids jail, sent back to rehab

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan avoided more jail time on Friday and was ordered back to a drug and alcohol rehab program ...

Fri, October 22, 2010

The National League Championship Series Is Headed Back To Philadelphia And The Yankees Will Try To Stay Alive Tonight

The two-time defending National League champions aren't done yet. Roy Halladay pitched six effective innings last night and the Phillies remained alive in ...

Fri, October 22, 2010

Body found at the back of Kimmel studio

Police detectives were called to the scene on Tuesday afternoon (19Oct10) after a bystander noticed the lifeless body slumped in the vehicle and called ...

Thu, October 21, 2010

Netflix website back up

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Netflix Inc's website was restored late Thursday afternoon after an outage blocked users from accessing the online video service for ...

Thu, October 21, 2010

Fed's Bullard could back easing in $100 billion steps

By Mark Felsenthal

ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard said on Thursday he would favor Fed purchases of Treasury securities ...

Thu, October 21, 2010

PUPs are back

The Packers welcomed the return of Al Harris, Atari Bigby and rookie running back James Starks Wednesday.  They all practiced for the first time ...

Thu, October 21, 2010

The Red Wings Are Back On The Ice Tonight After A 4-Day Layoff

Joe Louis Arena will be decked out in pink tonight for the Red Wing’s fourth Breast Cancer Awareness night as they end a ...

Thu, October 21, 2010

MindFood: Rediscovering 'Back to the Future'

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Wed, October 20, 2010

Steve Eisman's FrontPoint is back on its own

By Svea Herbst-Bayliss

BOSTON (Reuters) - Hedge fund manager Steve Eisman, who made millions by anticipating the housing market collapse long before anyone else did ...

Wed, October 20, 2010

Eastwood film brings back terrible memories for screenwriter Morgan

Morgan was in London when the second of the two terrorist attacks took place in 2005 and he can remember the chaos that brought ...

Tue, October 19, 2010

Titans' Johnson gets running game back on stride

By Gene Cherry

RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - The yards are finally beginning to come for Tennessee Titans running back Chris Johnson.

For the first ...

Tue, October 19, 2010

Lion’s Linebacker Zach Follett Is Doing Better And Was Scheduled To Be Back In Detroit Yesterday

Lion’s coach Jim Schwartz said Monday that linebacker Zach Follett is doing better and both M-R-I and CAT scan tests came back with ...

Mon, October 18, 2010

Plane crash survivor O'Keefe back at work at EADS

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two and a half months after surviving a small plane crash that killed five people, Sean O'Keefe returned to work on ...

Mon, October 18, 2010

Plane crash survivor O'Keefe back at work at EADS

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two and a half months after surviving a small plane crash that killed five people, Sean O'Keefe returned to work on ...

Mon, October 18, 2010

Jolie wins permit back for Bosnian film

SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has won back a permit to shoot parts of a film in Bosnia after a government minister saw ...

Mon, October 18, 2010

Jolie film producers fight to win back permit

Jolie recently began filming the as-yet-untitled drama in Hungary and had planned to shoot scenes in Sarajevo and Zenica in Bosnia, where the story ...

Sun, October 17, 2010

Honeywell pushes back recovery forecast for business-jet

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Honeywell International Inc's <HON.N> aerospace unit expects business-jet deliveries to expand in 2012, tempering its recovery forecast by a year ...

Sun, October 17, 2010

Saints back on track after triumph in Tampa

By Simon Evans

TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints found their Super Bowl winning offensive game after a shaky start ...

Fri, October 15, 2010

Stoltz 'curious' about Back To The Future Footage

Stoltz was hired to play the lead role in the hugely popular 1985 sci-fi comedy, which spawned two sequels.

But after five weeks of ...

Thu, October 14, 2010

Lady Gaga buys back unreleased music from auction

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fans eager to purchase unreleased Lady Gaga songs due to be auctioned online this month will be disappointed because singer bought ...

Thu, October 14, 2010

MindFood: Bring the Supervillains Back to Superhero Movies

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Tue, October 12, 2010

Democrat fights back against Fox News lawsuit

By Eriq Gardner

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Last month, Fox News filed an unprecedented lawsuit against Democratic senatorial candidate Robin Carnahan, claiming she violated ...

Tue, October 12, 2010

Democrat Carnahan fights back against Fox News lawsuit

By Eriq Gardner

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Last month, Fox News filed an unprecedented lawsuit against Democratic senatorial candidate Robin Carnahan, claiming she violated ...

Mon, October 11, 2010

Holding Back Special Session Over Flooding

(St. Paul, MN)  --  The flood-relief special session of the Minnesota Legislature originally set for today has been postponed because the federal government has not ...

Sun, October 10, 2010

Hogan undergoes another back op

The celebrity wrestler and reality TV star injured his back picking seashells last month (Sep10) and underwent surgery to help ease the excruciating pain ...

Sat, October 09, 2010

Badgers back on track after dominating Minnesota

MADISON (TSN-WSAU) The Wisconsin Badgers will keey Paul Bunyan's axe for a seventh year in a row, after defeating Minnesota, 41-23, in Madison ...

Fri, October 08, 2010

Flyers goalie Leighton to have back surgery on Monday

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Philadelphia Flyers netminder Michael Leighton will undergo back surgery on Monday and be out six to eight weeks, the team said Friday ...

Thu, October 07, 2010

Late back-to-school shopping lifts retail sales

By Phil Wahba

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Teen apparel retailers led generally stronger-than-expected U.S. same-store sales in September, helped by a late start to ...

Wed, October 06, 2010

Vikes' Trade Brings Moss Back To Minnesota

(Eden Prairie, MN)  --  On a day when the Minnesota Twins enter post-season play at their new ballpark, they're sharing the spotlight with the ...

Wed, October 06, 2010

Moss Back In Purple


>>NFL Network Says Moss To Vikings A Done Deal

(Minneapolis, MN)  --  The NFL Network says the deal that will ship Randy Moss back to ...

Wed, October 06, 2010

Randy Moss Gets Wish, Traded Back to Vikings

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (WTAQ) - The Minnesota Vikings seemingly have addressed their need for a wide receiver Wednesday, finalizing a trade with the New England Patriots ...

Wed, October 06, 2010

AMR to bring back 800 furloughed workers

By Kyle Peterson

CHICAGO (Reuters) - AMR Corp, parent of American Airlines, said on Wednesday it will bring back nearly 800 furloughed flight attendants and ...

Wed, October 06, 2010

Muniz hits back at 'creepy' LaBeouf

The Transformers star mentioned his fellow former child star in a recent chat with American radio programme The Bert Show.

When the host asked ...

Wed, October 06, 2010

Back To The Future items to go under the hammer

A reproduction of the DeLorean time machine from the first film, a Marty McFly Year 2015 jacket and a Nike 'Mag' self-lacing shoe worn ...

Tue, October 05, 2010

Back-to-school drives U.S. September sales: SpendingPulse

By Phil Wahba

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Caution remained the name of the game for U.S. consumers in September, but there was an upswing ...

Tue, October 05, 2010

Sept sales seen up on back-to-school, promotion

By Lisa Baertlein

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. retailers are expected to post modest sales gains for September, on cautious back-to-school shopping and aggressive ...

Tue, October 05, 2010

Financial stability set back by debt woes: IMF

By David Lawder

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sovereign debt risk in Europe and continued real estate woes in the United States have dealt a setback to ...

Tue, October 05, 2010

Europe Held Off A Big Comeback Yesterday By The United States To Win Back The Ryder Cup

The Ryder Cup came down to the final match for the first time since 1991 and U.S. Open champ Graeme McDowell won it ...

Mon, October 04, 2010

September sales seen up on back-to-school and promotions

By Lisa Baertlein

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. retailers are expected to post modest sales gains for September, on cautious back-to-school shopping and aggressive ...

Mon, October 04, 2010

Tiger comes roaring back with barrage of birdies

By Martyn Herman

NEWPORT, Wales (Reuters) - Just as the sun finally came through at Celtic Manor on Monday, the world's greatest golfer also ...

Mon, October 04, 2010

Fears for Douglas grow as Zeta-Jones jets back to America

The Chicago actress was in the U.K. to launch the Ryder Cup golf tournament, but Douglas stayed in America to continue his treatment ...

Mon, October 04, 2010

Paris Hilton Goes Back To Reality TV

Can you believe Paris Hilton is 30 years old? Don't worry, she still manages to behave like a teenage girl. Even so, the ...

Mon, October 04, 2010

Hilton heading back to TV

The hotel heiress has hit headlines over the last few weeks following her arrest in Las Vegas last month (Aug10) which led to her ...

Fri, October 01, 2010

Forecasters Scaling Back Predicted Crests Of Flooding Rivers


(Chanhassen, MN)  --  The National Weather Service has throttled-back its predictions for upcoming flood crests on the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers.  The Mississippi is expected ...

Fri, October 01, 2010

Lohan back in rehab

The Mean Girls star, who has been in and out of jail and rehab in recent weeks, was placed behind bars for a 30-day ...

Fri, October 01, 2010

Conrad heading back to TV

Conrad shot to fame in 2006 after MTV crews documented her move from Laguna Beach, California to Los Angeles as she pursued her dreams ...

Thu, September 30, 2010

Brolin's Goonies jokes come back to haunt him

And journalists are happy to lead features and articles about him with quips he makes about returning as Brandon Walsh.

He says, ""People refuse ...

Wed, September 29, 2010

AIG, U.S. agree on plan to pay back taxpayers

By Paritosh Bansal

NEW YORK (Reuters) - American International Group Inc and the U.S. government laid out a plan for the insurer to repay ...

Wed, September 29, 2010

Former Broncos Running Back Mark Bonds Back in Court Wednesday on Charges of Molesting 13-Year-Old

KALAMAZOO -- Its homecoming week at WMU but one alum probably won’t be making the trip back to campus to reminisce.   24-year-old Mark Bonds ...

Wed, September 29, 2010

"Stars Wars" blasts back into theaters in 3D

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - If movie fans thought that after 33 years and six blockbusters they had seen all they would of George Lucas' "Star ...

Tue, September 28, 2010

Lindsay Lohan reported back in rehab

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Lindsay Lohan voluntarily checked herself into rehab on Tuesday for the fifth time in three years, celebrity news websites reported ...

Tue, September 28, 2010

Semenya pulls out of Delhi Games with back injury

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Caster Semenya, the women's 800 meters world champion, has withdrawn from the Commonwealth Games because of a back injury dealing the ...

Mon, September 27, 2010

Lohan back in jail

The Mean Girls star returned to the Beverly Hills courthouse on Friday (24Sep10) to face the consequences of her actions, and she felt the ...

Mon, September 27, 2010

'Modern Family' Is Back! Season Premiere Recap!

After an extended absence from your family, is it better to be greeted with barely an acknowledgement, a huge banner-waving greeting, or a sincere ...

Mon, September 27, 2010

Lindsay Lohan Is Going Back To Jail!

Uh oh. Looks like Lindsay Lohan is going to jail. And she'll be staying there this time.

Reports from the court room state ...

Mon, September 27, 2010

Luhrmann bringing Strictly Ballroom back to the stage

The acclaimed Australian director originally wrote the story as a play, which was performed in Sydney before it was transformed into a hit 1992 ...

Mon, September 27, 2010

Kristen Bell Vows To Bring Back 'Veronica Mars'

I remember it like it was yesterday. The year was 2007, and I was faithfully tuning in each week to one of my favorite ...

Sat, September 25, 2010

Texas back in playoffs after 11-year wait

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Texas Rangers booked their first trip to the playoffs in 11 years by clinching the American League West title with ...

Fri, September 24, 2010

Blavatnik fights back on Lyondell creditors claims

By Emily Chasan

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billionaire investor Len Blavatnik and his company Access Industries on Friday hit back at claims he knew the ...

Fri, September 24, 2010

Lauren Conrad heads back to MTV for reality show

By Leslie Bruce

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Former "Hills" star Lauren Conrad is set to return to the MTV network that made her famous ...

Fri, September 24, 2010

Injured Broncos running back Moreno to miss Sunday game

DENVER (Reuters) - Denver Broncos running back Knowshon Moreno will miss Sunday's game versus the Indianapolis Colts with a hamstring injury, the team said ...

Fri, September 24, 2010

Ireland to fight back against attack on euro zone

By Andras Gergely

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland will counter a concerted attack that is threatening the euro zone by bringing its finances in order helped ...

Thu, September 23, 2010

Congress rolls back part of Wall Street reform bill

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers voted on Thursday to repeal a provision in their landmark Wall Street reform bill that exempted securities regulators from complying with ...

Thu, September 23, 2010

'The Big C' And 'Weeds' Will Be Back in 2011

Good news for fans of funny, slightly unusual leading ladies, The Big C and Weeds will both be back for more next year. Cathy ...

Thu, September 23, 2010

Quaids fight back over squatting claims

The Quaids were arrested at the house in Santa Barbara, California on Saturday (18Sep10) and face charges of felony residential burglary and a misdemeanour ...

Wed, September 22, 2010

The Tigers Couldn’t Hold Back The Royals Who Rallied For A 9-To-6 Victory

Detroit pitchers committed three errors last night to help Kansas City rally for a 9-to-6 victory at Comerica Park, snapping the Tiger’s four ...

Wed, September 22, 2010

Michigan State Coach Mark Dantonio Is Back Home

Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio is out of the hospital following his mild heart attack early Sunday morning. Dantonio was released from Sparrow Hospital ...

Tue, September 21, 2010

Brady back in the spotlight with crash and cash

By Steve Keating

DETROIT (Reuters) - Even when you are a Pro Bowl quarterback like New England Patriot Tom Brady with three Super Bowl rings ...

Tue, September 21, 2010

Redskins release ex-Pro Bowl running back Johnson

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Washington Redskins cut Larry Johnson on Tuesday after the former Pro Bowl running back rushed for only two yards in five ...

Tue, September 21, 2010

China hits back at U.S. rhetoric on yuan

By Kevin Yao and Aileen Wang

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's foreign ministry told the United States on Tuesday to stop pointing its finger at ...

Tue, September 21, 2010

Back-to-back home runs lift Reds over Brewers

MILWAUKEE (TSN-WSAU) Joey Votto and Scott Rolen hit back-to-back homers in a three-run eighth inning, as Cincinnati topped Milwaukee, 5-2, in the first of ...

Mon, September 20, 2010

NFL CFO heads back to Wall Street

By Ben Klayman and Joe Rauch

DETROIT/CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - The National Football League's chief financial officer is leaving his post to ...

Mon, September 20, 2010

'Pushing Daisies' Duo Brings 'Pinocchio' Back To Life

Well, Pinocchio, it looks like the strings are back on. This time they're tied to a dynamic duo: producer Dan Jinks and screenwriter ...

Fri, September 17, 2010

Two Back-Up Quarterbacks Face Off Sunday At Ford Field

The Lions have learned now that they’ll have to face Michael Vick as the Eagle’s starting quarterback Sunday when Detroit plays its ...

Thu, September 16, 2010

CEOs back plan to boost math and science education

By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Backed by 100 CEOs and the first American woman in space, President Barack Obama announced ...

Thu, September 16, 2010

Gulf bounce back seen distant after spill

By Anna Driver

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Energy companies that operate in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico are having trouble obtaining permits for activities that are ...

Thu, September 16, 2010

Reggie Bush Gives Back Trophy

A day after Reggie Bush said he will forfeit college football's most prestigious award, the Heisman Trophy Trust announced Wednesday the 2005 Heisman ...

Wed, September 15, 2010

Tarantino hits back at movie award critics

The 39 year old scooped the Golden Lion on Saturday (11Sep10) for her movie Somewhere, which tells story of a bad-boy actor whose life ...

Tue, September 14, 2010

Green Bay running back Grant sidelined for the season

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Green Bay Packers running back Ryan Grant and defensive end Justin Harrell were ruled out for the rest of the season ...

Tue, September 14, 2010

RIM needs a big quarter to win back investors

By Alastair Sharp

TORONTO (Reuters) - Research In Motion will need strong shipment numbers for its latest quarter and a robust outlook for the current ...

Tue, September 14, 2010

Nokia hits back with new phones amid turmoil at top

By Tarmo Virki and Georgina Prodhan

LONDON (Reuters) - Nokia unveiled an arsenal of smartphones crucial to its fightback against Apple's iPhone and Research ...

Tue, September 14, 2010

Cyrus & Hemsworth back together?

The pair split last month (Aug10) but appeared to be loving each other's company when they were spotted out on errands over the ...

Mon, September 13, 2010

Obama sends pick for Medicare post back to Senate

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama resubmitted his pick to run the Medicare and Medicaid programs to the Senate on Monday, two months after bypassing ...

Mon, September 13, 2010

U-M Back in Top 25

Michigan is back in the top 25 in both major college football polls after its dramatic win over Notre Dame Saturday. The Wolverines are ...

Mon, September 13, 2010

Joaquin Phoenix's Guide Back to Acting

Tonight, one of the biggest stories (hoaxes) in Hollywood finally comes to an end. I'm Still Here -- the documentary about the lost year ...

Mon, September 13, 2010

Dad's bitter divorce papers come back to haunt Bullock

In Rita Harrison's 1961 separation documents, filed in Alabama, she accused John Bullock of repeated violent behaviour, according to U.S. publication the ...

Sun, September 12, 2010

Lions Fall 19-14 in Final Seconds Following Called Back Touchdown

CHICAGO (WKZO) Down 19-14 with under 30 seconds to play Lions backup Quarterback Shaun Hill appeared to hit Wide Receiver Calvin Johnson on a ...

Sat, September 11, 2010

Beckham back in action after six month absence

CARSON, California (Reuters) - David Beckham returned to competitive action for the first time in almost six months with a second half substitute appearance for ...

Fri, September 10, 2010

Phil Collins goes "Back" to Motown favorites

By Craig McLean

NEW YORK (Billboard) - It's a rainy day in New York, and London-born, Switzerland-based Phil Collins is making the most of ...

Fri, September 10, 2010

New York AG candidates back natgas drilling moratorium

By Edith Honan

NEW YORK (Reuters) - All of the candidates running to be the next New York state attorney general support some form of ...

Fri, September 10, 2010

Tragic Shadix on his way back to Hollywood at the time of his death

The Beetlejuice star, who fell and died at his home in Alabama, didn't land the part but the fact that casting directors considered ...

Fri, September 10, 2010

Saints get back down to business with opening win

By Simon Evans

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - The New Orleans Saints opened their Super Bowl title defense with a 14-9 victory over the Minnesota Vikings ...

Thu, September 09, 2010

Semenya bursts back to form in Milan

MILAN (Reuters) - World 800 meters champion Caster Semenya boosted her preparations for next month's Commonwealth Games by setting her fastest time of the ...

Thu, September 09, 2010

Ben Affleck back in Boston with undercooked drama

By Sheri Linden

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - You can take the boy out of Boston, but Ben Affleck isn't done with his hometown ...

Thu, September 09, 2010

Another Defensive Back Has Left The Program At Michigan

Michigan’s already thin and young secondary has taken another hit heading into Saturday’s game at Notre Dame. Coach Rich Rodriguez confirmed yesterday ...

Thu, September 09, 2010

Lion’s Running Back Kevin Smith Could Be In-Active For Detroit’s Season Opener

Lion’s coach Jim Schwartz hinted Wednesday that running back Kevin Smith, who is recovering from major knee surgery, might not be active for ...

Thu, September 09, 2010

Penn's rep hits back at Jean's drug allegations

The former Fugees star's recent bid to become president of his native Haiti was heavily criticised by Penn, who has been at the ...

Thu, September 09, 2010

Magazine bosses back Duff's wedding photos deal

The actress wed Mike Comrie in Santa Barbara, California last month (Aug10) and the pair struck a reported $1 million (£666,666) deal for ...

Wed, September 08, 2010

Hogan hospitalised with bad back

The colourful former fighter spent much of America's Labor Day (06Sep10) in a Florida hospital after he checked in with ""excruciating back pain ...

Wed, September 08, 2010

Foster's knocks back $2.5 billion offer for wine

By Victoria Thieberger

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Foster's Group Ltd <FGL.AX>, Australia's largest brewer, rejected a private equity offer worth up to $2 ...

Mon, September 06, 2010

Australia's Gillard scrapes back to power

By Rob Taylor

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard secured a wafer thin parliamentary majority on Tuesday, ending a political impasse but hardly ...

Sun, September 05, 2010

Woods well back after third round at Boston TPC

NORTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Tiger Woods shot a respectable third round at the Deutsche Bank Championship Saturday but will likely go another week without winning ...

Sat, September 04, 2010

Tiger hits back with second round 65

By Andrew Both

NORTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Tiger Woods ensured he would make the halfway cut at the Deutsche Bank Championship with a six-under 65 ...

Fri, September 03, 2010

Owners of a third of 3PAR back HP bid

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Data storage provider 3PAR Inc <PAR.N> said on Friday that shareholders owning about a third of its shares have agreed ...

Fri, September 03, 2010

Mazar brought Reubens back from depression

The Pee-wee Herman creator pleaded no contest to public indecency after he was caught masturbating in a porn theatre in 1991 and then was ...

Fri, September 03, 2010

Kutcher fires back at cheating reports

In a new article, Star magazine suggests the actor's five-year marriage is ""in danger of falling apart"" following the ""bombshell news"" that the ...

Thu, September 02, 2010

Gabor back in hospital

Gabor has been in and out of UCLA Medical Center since she fell and broke her hip while watching TV in July (10).

Her ...

Thu, September 02, 2010

Grammer wants to bring back Frasier

The actor found fame playing the pompous psychiatrist in hit 1980s TV show Cheers, and he went on to star in hugely successful spin-off ...

Wed, September 01, 2010

Boris Karloff back in "Thriller: Complete Series"

By Borys Kit

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - There was an age in television where spine-tingling and spell-binding anthology shows ruled the air. "Alfred Hitchcock ...

Wed, September 01, 2010

Heart's Back This Week With "Red Velvet Car"

One of the music business' "sister acts" is back this week with a new studio album.  Sony Legacy released Heart's "Red Velvet Car ...

Wed, September 01, 2010

At The Fair: Power Back On - Man Still Hospitalized

(Falcon Heights, MN)  --  The power is back on at the Minnesota State Fair.  Meanwhile, a St. Paul  man remains in fair condition this morning ...

Tue, August 31, 2010

U.S. back Bob Bradley but tight-lipped over alternatives

By Simon Evans

MIAMI (Reuters) - United States Soccer Federation president Sunil Gulati refused on Tuesday to confirm whether he had talked to any other ...

Mon, August 30, 2010

Lohan back behind the wheel

The Mean Girls star was jailed last month (Jul10) for breaching her probation stemming from an incident back in 2007 and after her release ...

Sun, August 29, 2010

European guidelines back use of Sanofi's Multaq

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sanofi-Aventis's recently launched heart rhythm drug Multaq should be considered as a treatment option for patients with atrial fibrillation, a common ...

Fri, August 27, 2010

Tiffany sales disappoint as some shoppers pull back

By Phil Wahba

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tiffany & Co <TIF.N> reported softer-than-expected quarterly sales as U.S. customers spent less on its selection of ...

Fri, August 27, 2010

Is Tiger Back?

Playing his best golf this year, Tiger Woods shot a six-under 65 Thursday to tie for the first-round lead at The Barclays. Woods played ...

Fri, August 27, 2010

"Dustin Hoffman Back in 'Little Fockers'

Thu, August 26, 2010

Harvin Back At Practice

(Eden Prairie, MN) -- Vikings receiver Percy Harvin took part in a portion of yesterday's practice. That was the first time the second-year pro ...

Thu, August 26, 2010

BadgerCare Plus May Be Scaled Back if GOPer Becomes Gov.

MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - The state government’s health care program for the poor might be scaled back if a Republican is elected governor.

Scott ...

Wed, August 25, 2010

KHL still hoping to lure Kovalchuk back to Russia

By Steve Keating

TORONTO (Reuters) - An offer to return to Russia and play in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) remains on the table for ...

Wed, August 25, 2010

Duluth Hospitals: Back to the Bargaining Table

Federal mediators have called for Duluth nurses and business executives at two Duluth hospitals to come back to the bargaining table. Federal mediators have ...

Wed, August 25, 2010

DeDe Dorsey Is Making A Strong Bid To Become The Lion’s Fourth Running Back

The Lion’s running back roster to start the season has 3 slots locked up for sure for Kevin Smith, Jerome Felton and rookie ...

Wed, August 25, 2010

Insurgents attack Iraqi police as U.S. pulls back

By Ahmed Rasheed and Waleed Ibrahim

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Suicide bombers and other attackers killed at least 62 people in coordinated attacks on Iraqi security ...

Tue, August 24, 2010

Lindsay Lohan back behind wheel and on Twitter

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Fresh out of rehab and a 13-day stint in jail, Lindsay Lohan returned to Twitter on Thursday -- and blasted the paparazzi ...

Mon, August 23, 2010

AIG pays back $4 billion of U.S. loan

By Paritosh Bansal

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bailed-out insurer American International Group Inc said on Monday it paid back nearly $4 billion in U.S ...

Mon, August 23, 2010

Christensen Jumping back into dark sequel

The actor starred opposite his former fiancee Rachel Bilson as a young boy with the ability to teleport himself across the world, but the ...

Mon, August 23, 2010

THE BACK ROW: When Straight Flicks Turn Gay

Using his tried-and-true formula of milking discomfort for laughs, funnyman Sacha Baron Cohen unleashes his latest comic creation, Bruno, on American audiences this week ...

Mon, August 23, 2010

THE BACK ROW: Movies That Deserve Do-Overs

Hollywood's obsession with remakes, reboots, reinventions and various other "re's" is well-established, and while I may be powerless to slow this tiresome ...

Mon, August 23, 2010

THE BACK ROW: A Visual Guide to Hollywood's Most Eccentric Directors

The line between genius and madness is famously thin, especially when it comes making movies. Here's a list of filmmaking eccentrics who are ...

Fri, August 20, 2010

Red Sox put Pedroia back on 15-day disabled list

BOSTON (Reuters) - Boston Red Sox All-Star second baseman Dustin Pedroia is returning to the 15-day disabled list with discomfort in his left foot, just ...

Fri, August 20, 2010

Bring back Atlantic City as a beach resort: poll

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Jersey's Atlantic City should be brought back to life by refocusing on its sandy beaches and historic boardwalk rather ...

Fri, August 20, 2010

"Girls Gone Wild" chief bites back at "Piranha 3D"

By Matthew Belloni

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - How mad is "Girls Gone Wild" mogul Joe Francis at Jerry O'Connell's coke-snorting, kid-filming character ...

Fri, August 20, 2010

Michigan Second Year Quarterback Tate Forcier And A Few Other Unnamed Teammates Have The Maize Wings Back On Their Helmets

Michigan Coach Rich Rodriguez decided this year to employ a new motivational tool for his team, that of keeping or taking away the vaunted ...

Fri, August 20, 2010

Ya Rehired: Trump Bringing Back 'Apprentice'

Because America just can't seem to get enough Donald Trump -- and perhaps because NBC is willing to try absolutely anything at this point ...

Fri, August 20, 2010

Sheen to Get Back to Work

Troubled actor Charlie Sheen is preparing to leave rehab and get back to work -- he's slated to resume filming on his show Two ...

Thu, August 19, 2010

Daly lashes back at critics, says shoulder injury was real

By Andrew Both

GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) - John Daly shot back at critics who questioned his decision to withdraw from last week's U ...

Thu, August 19, 2010

Pennsylvania voters back infrastructure tax hike: Governor

By Jon Hurdle

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) -- Most Pennsylvania voters support a plan for higher taxes on oil companies and motor vehicle licenses to pay for ...

Wed, August 18, 2010

Favre's back for Vikings

UNDATED (TSN-WSAU) Brett Favre officially announced his return to the Minnesota Vikings for the 2010 season, his 20th as a professional in the NFL ...

Tue, August 17, 2010

Red Sox get Pedroia back for playoff drive

BOSTON (Reuters) - Boston Red Sox sparkplug Dustin Pedroia will return to the lineup on Tuesday after seven weeks on the disabled list, giving the ...

Tue, August 17, 2010

Hogan 'owes $12 million in back tax'

The Crocodile Dundee star has been under investigation by the Australian Crime Commission for the last few years amid allegations he channelled millions of ...

Mon, August 16, 2010

Panthers receiver Smith back after breaking arm

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Four-time Pro Bowl receiver Steve Smith has come off the physically unable to perform list and returned to practice nearly two ...

Mon, August 16, 2010

Aniston fires back in O'Reilly feud

The Friends star has spoken openly of her support for women who choose to use sperm donors to have children while promoting her new ...

Mon, August 16, 2010

Dina Lohan hits back at 'bad parent' critics

The Mean Girls star's hard-partying lifestyle ground to a halt this summer (10) when she was sentenced to 90 days in jail for ...

Sun, August 15, 2010

Growth angst drifts back to U.S. shores

By Pedro Nicolaci da Costa

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After worrying about Europe for several months, economists are now turning their focus back to the United ...

Sat, August 14, 2010

Clijsters fights back for Cincinnati title

By Simon Evans

MASON, Ohio (Reuters) - Kim Clijsters survived three match points before a rain break then produced a remarkable comeback after the weather ...

Fri, August 13, 2010

Social Security back in campaign spotlight

By John Whitesides

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democrats renewed a traditional election-year battle over Social Security on Friday, launching a campaign to warn seniors ...

Fri, August 13, 2010

Mbakwe Back On Team

(Minneapolis, MN)  --  University of Minnesota basketball player Trevor Mbakwe [[ em-BAHK'-way ]] has been fully reinstated to the team's roster.  Mbakwe had been serving ...

Fri, August 13, 2010

Twins Back In First Place

(Chicago, IL)  --  Orlando Hudson and Jason Kubel homered to power the Twins to a 6-1 win over the White Sox in the rubber match ...

Thu, August 12, 2010

Watson and Molinari share lead, Woods three back

By Mark Lamport-Stokes

KOHLER, Wisconsin (Reuters) - The Tiger Woods show entered a more positive phase on Thursday but it was American Bubba Watson and ...

Thu, August 12, 2010

Westwick & Szohr 'back together'

The pair, who began dating in 2008, were believed to have gone their separate ways in April (10). Szohr was rumoured to have moved ...

Wed, August 11, 2010

Hillary Clinton pleads with Senate to back Russia arms treaty

By Andrew Quinn

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pleaded with senators on Wednesday to back a new arms control treaty with Russia ...

Tue, August 10, 2010

Sheboygan Co. Businesses Aim For Economic "Back Spin"

SHEBOYGAN COUNTY, Wis. (WTAQ) - State tourism officials believe this week's PGA Championship could have an $80 million economic impact. 

Executive Director of the ...

Tue, August 10, 2010

Back injury ends Usain Bolt's season

LONDON (Reuters) - World 100 meters record holder Usain Bolt will not run again this season because of a back injury, his agent said on ...

Tue, August 10, 2010

The Lions Delmas and Heller Back At Camp

The Lions are getting healthier. Former Bronco second year Safety Louis Delmas and tight end Will Heller joined the team at training camp Monday ...

Mon, August 09, 2010

Ivanovic turns back clock with win in Cincinnati

CINCINNATI (Reuters) - Former world number one Ana Ivanovic showed flashes of the form that took her to the pinnacle of tennis as she upset ...

Mon, August 09, 2010

"Avatar" sequels could shoot back-to-back

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Deals for an "Avatar" sequel -- or two -- are being worked on. First though, creator James Cameron told MTV that he ...

Mon, August 09, 2010

NASCAR Is Headed Back To Michigan International Speedway

Michigan International Speedway is gearing up for its second and final NASCAR weekend of the season with the action to be highlighted by the ...

Sun, August 08, 2010

Ford aims to win back investment grade rating: report

BANGALORE (Reuters) - Ford Motor <F.N> is planning to win back its investment grade credit rating that it lost in 2005, the Wall Street ...

Sun, August 08, 2010

Allied World buys back stock from Goldman funds

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Allied World Assurance Holdings Ltd <AWH.N> said it bought back $250 million worth of stock from funds affiliated to Goldman ...

Sun, August 08, 2010

Galacticos bring Galaxy back down to earth

By Gerard Wright

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Real Madrid overturned a two-goal deficit to defeat the Los Angeles Galaxy 3-2 in a pre-season friendly at ...

Fri, August 06, 2010

Bono back after surgery, U2 predicts record tour

By Ian Simpson

TURIN, Italy (Reuters) - U2 frontman Bono burst back onto rock's center stage on Friday after a two-month absence for a ...

Fri, August 06, 2010

Back to the movies in former West Bank outlaw city

By Mohammed Assadi

JENIN, West Bank (Reuters) - The big screen is back in Jenin after a 23-year intermission, marking a fresh start for the ...

Fri, August 06, 2010

Barton not heading back to London

The actress, who was hospitalised last year (09) after suffering a major meltdown, was rumoured to be leaving California and returning to the city ...

Thu, August 05, 2010

Helfer underwent back and neck surgery after Battlestar

The star, who played humanoid Cylon operative Number Six on the show, had to undergo major surgery in December (09), nine months after the ...

Wed, August 04, 2010

Kanye West "paints" his way back onto MTV

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Kanye West is "painting" a new picture on MTV on Thursday, debuting a video he hopes will offer fans a better ...

Wed, August 04, 2010

Vikes May Offer More Money To Bring Favre Back

(Minneapolis, MN)  --  In the wake of Tuesday reports that star quarterback Brett Favre [[ Farv ]] has elected to retire, the Vikings may be upping the ...

Wed, August 04, 2010

Fox's 'Terra Nova' Pushed Back

Fox's Terra Nova Pushed Back

When 20th Century Fox originally announced it's ambitious new Steven Spielberg/Peter Chernin-produced adventure show Terra Nova ...

Wed, August 04, 2010

Baywatch babes head back to the small screen

The foursome, who rose to fame as Los Angeles County lifeguards in the '90s series, will co-star in Back to the Bay, a docu-comedy ...

Wed, August 04, 2010

Author Rice looking to bring vampire Lestat back to life

The writer's gothic novel, published in 1976, was turned into a hit movie in 1994 with Cruise as vampire Lestat de Lioncourt, starring ...

Tue, August 03, 2010

Back To School Time Means Time For Vaccinations

TERRE HAUTE, Ind (WIBQ) - If your making your back to school list and checking it twice, you may want to add vaccinations to your ...

Mon, August 02, 2010

Back-To-School Donations Needed

(Undated) -- A number of non-profits across Minnesota are now accepting back-to-school supply donations for low-income students. Some organizations say the need is greater than ...

Mon, August 02, 2010

Report: Ex-Assembly Speaker Jensen Back At Work

MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Former Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Scott Jensen is reportedly doing behind the scenes work for conservative causes and candidates in this fall ...

Mon, August 02, 2010

Reid back on with ex-fiance Axtmann?

The American Pie star became engaged to the businessman in January (10) but she called off their nuptials in April (10).

But the pair ...

Sun, August 01, 2010

Maura Tierney back on TV after breast cancer

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former "ER" star Maura Tierney said on Sunday she was healthy after breast cancer surgery and is returning to star in ...

Thu, July 29, 2010

Arabs back direct peace talks when Abbas sees fit

By Yasmine Saleh

CAIRO (Reuters) - The Arab League said on Thursday it would back face-to-face peace talks between the Palestinians and Israel when the ...

Wed, July 28, 2010

Jets sign free agent quarterback Brunell as back-up

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Jets have signed free agent quarterback Mark Brunell to serve as a veteran back-up for last year's ...

Wed, July 28, 2010

"Hawaii Five-O" rides back to TV after 30 years

By Jill Serjeant

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Classic detective series "Hawaii Five-O" is riding a big wave back to television with new stars and grittier ...

Wed, July 28, 2010

Facebook beats back patent infringement claim

By Tom Hals

WILMINGTON, Del (Reuters) - Facebook Inc won a legal fight on Wednesday over claims its hugely popular social networking website infringed a ...

Wed, July 28, 2010

Enbridge sees Michigan oil line back up in days

CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - It will be days before Enbridge Inc can get a damaged section of oil pipeline in Michigan back into service as ...

Wed, July 28, 2010

Woodchucks back on track

MADISON (WSAU-Woodchucks) The Wisconsin Woodchucks (11-5, 29-22) pounded 19 hits Tuesday night while defeating the Madison Mallards (11-6, 28-22) 13-4. Seven Woodchucks had multi-hit ...

Tue, July 27, 2010

Kluft back in the spotlight and jumping for joy

By Alison Wildey

BARCELONA (Reuters) - For former world and Olympic heptathlon champion Carolina Kluft, scraping into the European championship long jump final as the ...

Mon, July 26, 2010

Fewer parents to cut back-to-school budget

By Dhanya Skariachan

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fewer parents plan to cut their back-to-school budgets, but they will count on smartphones and social networking to ...

Sun, July 25, 2010

Toyota pushes back U.S. Prius production by years

By Chang-Ran Kim, Asia autos correspondent

TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> has pushed back plans to build its Prius in the United ...

Fri, July 23, 2010

Doubt cast on common back pain management

By Frederik Joelving

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many people with arthritis-related back pain might be prevented from getting long-lasting pain relief under the current ...

Fri, July 23, 2010

Caddie back to providing brains and brawn for Choi

By Norman Dabell

BRO, Sweden (Reuters) - For three years, Andy Prodger has been in the fortunate position of being a caddie who does not ...

Thu, July 22, 2010

Senate sends Afghan war funds bill back to House

By Susan Cornwell

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate on Thursday approved funds to pay for President Barack Obama's Afghanistan troop increase, but refused to ...

Thu, July 22, 2010

Sprinters back on their terrain in Bordeaux

SALIES DE BEARN, France (Reuters) - Starved of mass finishes for a week, sprinters are expected to take center stage again in the 198-km 18th ...

Wed, July 21, 2010

Director Noyce back from cold with "Salt" thriller

By Gregg Kilday

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - After ten years working outside the studio system, Phillip Noyce could be considered the spy movie director ...

Tue, July 20, 2010

Heat add Juwan Howard for back-up role

MIAMI (Reuters) - Free agent Juwan Howard has signed with the Miami Heat as a reserve forward, the NBA team said Tuesday.

Howard, a veteran ...

Mon, July 19, 2010

WI's Next Gov. May Bring Back Some of Film Tax Breaks

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - It appears that Wisconsin's next governor will bring back at least some of the former tax credits aimed at getting ...

Mon, July 19, 2010

Trace Adkins "Back in Town" with renewed energy

By Tom Roland

NASHVILLE (Billboard) - When Trace Adkins rolled into Spencer, Iowa, on September 20, 2009, to headline the Clay County Fair, little did ...

Sun, July 18, 2010

Top Republican says his party will win back House

By Andy Sullivan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top Republican lawmaker on Sunday predicted his party would win back the House of Representatives from Democrats in ...

Fri, July 16, 2010

Back-up Brignac slugs Rays to win over Yankees

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Infielder Reid Brignac smashed two home runs as the Tampa Bay Rays spoiled the New York Yankees' annual Old Timers' Day ...

Thu, July 15, 2010

Buffett warns Obama U.S. economy only halfway back

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama heard a sobering message from Warren Buffett when he asked for the investment guru's views about the economic ...

Thu, July 15, 2010

U.S. retail groups see back-to-school gains

By Nivedita Bhattacharjee and Phil Wahba

BANGALORE/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Parents and students will be spending more this year on back-to-school items, especially clothing ...

Wed, July 14, 2010

Wild sign back-up netminder Harding to one-year deal

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Minnesota Wild have signed back-up goaltender Josh Harding to a one-year contract, the team said Wednesday.

In 25 games with ...

Tue, July 13, 2010

Senators craft scaled-back climate bill

By Richard Cowan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate's two biggest backers of climate change legislation have scaled back ambitions for a broad attack on ...

Tue, July 13, 2010

Senator Ben Nelson says will back Wall Street bill

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic Senator Ben Nelson said on Tuesday he will back a historic rewrite of financial regulations, likely giving the bill enough votes ...

Tue, July 13, 2010

EU ministers back closer budget surveillance

By Sarah Marsh and Sophie Taylor

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union finance ministers agreed on Tuesday to increase monitoring of member states' economies from January ...

Mon, July 12, 2010

Insurers May Have to Pay Back Higher Rates Due to New Law

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Health insurers that have jacked up rates for individuals and small employers in Wisconsin might have to give some of that ...

Mon, July 12, 2010

Armstrong gets back on the bike after Tour blow

By Julien Pretot

MORZINE, France (Reuters) - A day after his dreams of an eighth Tour de France victory were all but ended, Lance Armstrong ...

Mon, July 12, 2010

Iraq War Veteran Shot In Back After Fourth Of July Fireworks

(Minneapolis, MN)  --  Police in Minneapolis are asking the public's help in solving the shooting of an Iraq war veteran on the Fourth of ...

Mon, July 12, 2010

Ben Wallace Will Be Back With The Pistons

Big Ben says he wants to retire as a Piston and now that could happen. Ben Wallace has agreed to a 2-year contract with ...

Sat, July 10, 2010

Germans fight back to finish third again

By Mitch Phillips

PORT ELIZABETH (Reuters) - Germany showed their legendary resilience on Saturday when they came from behind to beat Uruguay 3-2 in a ...

Fri, July 09, 2010

Tom Jones gets back to basics with gospel album

By Paul Sexton

LONDON (Billboard) - A French expression best describes the latest news from a Welsh phenomenon -- Tom Jones has gone au naturel, and ...

Thu, July 08, 2010

Mel Gibson custody battle back in LA court

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Lawyers for Mel Gibson and his estranged girlfriend squared off in court on Thursday in a bitter custody dispute over their ...

Thu, July 08, 2010

Chrysler launches money-back guarantee

By Soyoung Kim

DETROIT (Reuters) - Chrysler Group LLC will offer consumers a 60-day, money-back guarantee on new vehicles and also make the first two ...

Tue, July 06, 2010

Glucosamine no help with low back pain: study

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Taking glucosamine for six months did no more to ease chronic lower back pain than taking a dummy pill, Norwegian researchers said ...

Sun, July 04, 2010

Pendulum swings back in Europe's favor

By Brian Homewood

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - The World Cup pendulum has swung back in Europe's favor after the South American teams collectively lost ...

Fri, July 02, 2010

Netherlands hit back to dump out Brazil

By Brian Homewood

PORT ELIZABETH (Reuters) - Wesley Sneijder headed a second-half winner as Netherlands battled back from a goal down to beat ten-man Brazil ...

Thu, July 01, 2010

Doc Rivers Will Be Back To Coach The Celtics

Doc Rivers is coming back to coach the Boston Celtics for one more year. The Celtics confirmed in a news release Wednesday that Rivers ...

Wed, June 30, 2010

Manhattan house prices flat, market back to normal

By Helen Chernikoff

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Manhattan apartment prices were flat instead of down in the second quarter as the market, recently battered by ...

Tue, June 29, 2010

Sen. Brown says won't back Wall St bill due to tax

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republican Senator Scott Brown, a key swing vote in the battle to overhaul financial regulations, said on Tuesday he would ...

Tue, June 29, 2010

Humiliated England dodge fans on arrival back home

By Alan Baldwin

LONDON (Reuters) - England's beaten and beleaguered World Cup players made a sullen and silent dawn return to London on Tuesday ...

Sat, June 26, 2010

Teenage sailor back on land after ocean rescue

By Lucien Libert

SAINT-DENIS DE LA REUNION, Reunion (Reuters) - Teenage U.S. sailor Abigail Sunderland returned to dry land on Saturday after her rescue ...

Fri, June 25, 2010

Iniesta back for Spain in Chile showdown

By Iain Rogers

PRETORIA (Reuters) - Spain coach Vicente del Bosque included fit-again midfielder Andres Iniesta in his starting line-up for Friday's showdown against ...

Thu, June 24, 2010

Illegal Sarah Palin defense fund must give back donations

ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - A legal defense fund for former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was illegal and must repay nearly $400,000 to donors, according to ...

Thu, June 24, 2010

Isner and Mahut back to resume never-ending match

By Pritha Sarkar

LONDON (Reuters) - "Feel like a million bucks" John Isner Tweeted on Thursday hours before he was due back on Wimbledon's ...

Wed, June 23, 2010

Hospitals, Nurses Back To Bargaining Table Thursday

(Minneapolis, MN)  --  Twin Cities nurses and hospitals restart face-to-face negotiations tomorrow, just days after nurses authorized an open-ended strike.  One labor specialist says nurses ...

Wed, June 23, 2010

Nurses Back To Bargaining Table Thursday

(Minneapolis, MN)  --  Twin Cities nurses and hospitals restart face-to-face negotiations tomorrow, just days after nurses authorized an open-ended strike.  One labor specialist says nurses ...

Tue, June 22, 2010

Initiative Could Put People Back to Work in Manufacturing

MARATHON COUNTY, Wis. (WTAQ) - A new initiative in central Wisconsin could put more people to work in the state's manufacturing sector.

The JOBS ...

Mon, June 21, 2010

Villa double puts Spain back on course

By Brian Homewood

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - David Villa scored two goals, the first one of the best of the World Cup so far, but also ...

Sat, June 19, 2010

Safina ruled out of Wimbledon with back injury

LONDON (Reuters) - Russia's former world number one Dinara Safina has withdrawn from Wimbledon because of injury, tournament organizers said on Saturday.

Safina, who ...

Sat, June 19, 2010

Safina ruled out of Wimbledon with back injury

LONDON (Reuters) - Russia's former world number one Dinara Safina has withdrawn from Wimbledon because of injury, tournament organizers said on Saturday.

Safina, who ...

Fri, June 18, 2010

Toyota parts plant back at work after China strike

BEIJING (Reuters) - Workers at a plastics parts supplier for Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> in China resumed work on Sunday, ending a three-day strike ...

Thu, June 17, 2010

Motorola to buy back debt and pump cash into spinoff: report

(Reuters) - Motorola Inc <MOT.N> will buy back most of its debt and pump the bulk of its remaining cash into its proposed spinoff ...

Thu, June 17, 2010

Risk on, as investors dive back into emerging markets: EPFR

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Investors set aside sovereign debt fears and shifted their money to higher-returning assets in mid June, with emerging market assets and ...

Thu, June 17, 2010

FDA advisers back 5-day "morning after" pill

By Susan Heavey

GAITHERSBURG, Maryland (Reuters) - A new, longer-lasting emergency contraceptive pill moved closer to the U.S. market on Thursday after U.S ...

Wed, June 16, 2010

Despite spill, most Americans back offshore drilling

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Most Americans still support offshore drilling and believe it is critical to making the U.S. competitive, despite the growing oil spill ...

Wed, June 16, 2010

Report: Scaled-Back Incentives for Films Not Being Used

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - You won’t see Wisconsin in the movies this summer, after the state scaled back its incentives for Hollywood producers.

The ...

Wed, June 16, 2010

Jobless claims and price data back low rates policy

By Lucia Mutikani

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New claims for jobless aid rose last week while consumer prices notched their largest decline in nearly 1-1/2 ...

Tue, June 15, 2010

Chinese "volunteer army" arrive to back North Korea

By Kate Holton

PRETORIA (Reuters) - Hundreds of Chinese soccer fans, including artists and well known singers, have arrived in South Africa to lend their ...

Tue, June 15, 2010

Woodchucks Back In Action Tonight

Wausau, Wi. (WSAU) After a rare night off the Wisconsin Woodchcuks will do double duty tonight hosting Eau Claire in a twin-bill at Athletic ...

Mon, June 14, 2010

China hits back at U.S. pressure on yuan

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Foreign Ministry on Monday hit back at fresh calls by the United States for Beijing to let the yuan currency ...

Fri, June 11, 2010

Tom Izzo Is Back In East Lansing

Michigan State basketball Coach Tom Izzo arrived back in East Lansing late last night after spending about 9 hours in Cleveland yesterday talking to ...

Thu, June 10, 2010

Bolt back in full training next week: agent

By Gene Cherry

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jamaican triple Olympic and world champion Usain Bolt will return to full training on Monday after two weeks ...

Wed, June 09, 2010

Chinese exports leap putting yuan back under microscope

By Zhou Xin and Simon Rabinovitch

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's exports jumped in May, reassuring investors about the economy's strength but putting pressure ...

Wed, June 09, 2010

"Bourne" goes back to basics

By Borys Kit

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Universal is going back to the drawing board with its "Bourne" franchise, hiring the Oscar-nominated writer/director ...

Wed, June 09, 2010

CVS hits back at Walgreen

By Phil Wahba and Nivedita Bhattacharjee

NEW YORK (Reuters) - CVS Caremark Corp <CVS.N> will remove Walgreen Co <WAG.N> from its pharmacy benefits ...

Wed, June 09, 2010

Memory lapse takes France back four years

By Patrick Vignal

KNYSNA, South Africa (Reuters) - The France players preparing for the World Cup have a very selective memory.

While they all seem ...

Tue, June 08, 2010

BP shareholders would back CEO more than chairman: report

LONDON (Reuters) - BP Plc shareholders would prefer to sacrifice the company's Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg rather than the CEO over the ongoing oil spill ...

Mon, June 07, 2010

Donor Wants Money Back From Neumann, Drop Out Of Race

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - A key Republican insider who gave $10,000 to Mark Neumann’s campaign for governor now says he wants his money ...

Sun, June 06, 2010

Wayward Woods says he needs to get back on straight path

By Andrew Both

DUBLIN, Ohio (Reuters) - Tiger Woods was unhappy with his driving accuracy after he finished tied for 19th at the Memorial Tournament ...

Sun, June 06, 2010

Emotional Nadal back where he belongs

By Martyn Herman

PARIS (Reuters) - Rafael Nadal proved that when he is fit in body and mind nobody can stop him at the French ...

Sun, June 06, 2010

Altidore back in training after ankle scare

By Simon Evans

PRETORIA (Reuters) - United States forward Jozy Altidore returned to training on Sunday as he sought to regain fitness before Saturday's ...

Fri, June 04, 2010

Woods 10 back after second round at Memorial

By Andrew Both

DUBLIN, Ohio (Reuters) - World number one Tiger Woods will make the cut at the Memorial tournament but will end the second ...

Wed, June 02, 2010

Grand Ole Opry back in Oct. after $17 million in flood repairs

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Nashville's country music mecca the Grand Ole Opry is expected to reopen on October 1 after a $17 million renovation ...

Wed, June 02, 2010

Sick John Mayer cancels Europe shows, heads back to U.S.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Illness has forced singer John Mayer to cancel his shows in Amsterdam, Madrid and Manchester, a statement on his website said ...

Sun, May 30, 2010

Brewers bullpen back to old tricks in loss to Mets

MILWAUKEE (TSN-WSAU) Jeff Francoeur went 4-for-5 with three runs scored and two RBI to highlight New York's offensive outburst, as the Mets salvaged ...

Sun, May 30, 2010

China urges region to step back from Korea clash

By Jack Kim and Chris Buckley

SEOGWIPO, South Korea (Reuters) - China deflected pressure to censure North Korea at a regional summit on Sunday, instead ...

Fri, May 28, 2010

Patrick looking to get back on fast track at Indy

By Lewis Franck

INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Danica Patrick knew this season would be the toughest of her career but the Indy Car darling hopes to ...

Wed, May 26, 2010

Yankees bring back Gaudin for relief role

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Yankees signed pitcher Chad Gaudin on Wednesday, bringing back the right-hander to fill the need for a long ...

Tue, May 25, 2010

Henin gets back to business in low-key Paris homecoming

By Martyn Herman

PARIS (Reuters) - Justine Henin returned to the place she describes as her garden on Tuesday after a lengthy absence and found ...

Tue, May 25, 2010

Pru confident shareholders will back AIA bid

By Denny Thomas and Myles Neligan

HONG KONG/LONDON (Reuters) - Most of Prudential Plc's <PRU.L> investors are comfortable with its bid for ...

Sun, May 23, 2010

Space shuttle Atlantis heads back to Earth

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The space shuttle Atlantis fired its braking rockets and left orbit on Wednesday to begin its hour-long glide back to ...

Sat, May 22, 2010

Karlsson jets to Monaco and back to hit record 62

By Tony Jimenez

VIRGINIA WATER, England (Reuters) - Swede Robert Karlsson, who flew home to Monaco on Friday believing he had missed the cut, fired ...

Fri, May 21, 2010

Armstrong hits back at Landis over doping claims

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lance Armstrong fired back at former team mate Floyd Landis, who has publicly accused him of using performance enhancing drugs, following ...

Wed, May 19, 2010

Ashley Greene, Kellan Lutz back for "Twilight"

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The independent studio behind "Twilight" on Wednesday said it reached a deal with Ashley Greene and Kellan Lutz to reprise their ...

Wed, May 19, 2010

Korean star Yun Jung-hee back on screen at Cannes

By James Mackenzie

CANNES, France (Reuters) - Veteran South Korean actress Yun Jung-hee makes a powerful return to the screen after several years' absence in ...

Wed, May 19, 2010

Ghana's rock Mensah must overcome back problem

ACCRA (Reuters) - John Mensah's towering presence and impenetrable defending have led to the Ghana center back being nicknamed "Rock of Gibraltar."

Although there ...

Wed, May 19, 2010

Korean star Yun Jung-hee back on screen at Cannes

By James Mackenzie

CANNES, France (Reuters) - Veteran South Korean actress Yun Jung-hee makes a powerful return to the screen after several years' absence in ...

Mon, May 17, 2010

GM posts profit as production snaps back

By Kevin Krolicki and David Bailey

DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co <GM.UL> posted a first-quarter profit as demand steadied in the United States ...

Sat, May 15, 2010

Dallas Braden gets Godzilla'd back to earth

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hideki Matsui and the Los Angeles Angels brought Dallas Braden back to earth on Friday, the Japanese slugger crushing a three-run ...

Fri, May 14, 2010

Yost back in dugout

Former Milwaukee Brewers manager Ned Yost is moving down from the front office to the dugout for the Kansas City Royals.   The Royals on ...

Fri, May 14, 2010

Oliver back on Wall Street with bank crisis drama

By Mike Collett-White

CANNES, France (Reuters) - Rumors, insider deals and rampant speculation drive markets down and companies to bankruptcy in "Wall Street: Money Never ...

Fri, May 14, 2010

Braun Expected Back As Brewers Host Phillies

Milwaukee, Wi (WSAU) The Milwaukee Brewers expect Ryan Braun to return to the lineup tonight as the team welcomes the Philadelphia Phillies to Miller ...

Fri, May 14, 2010

"Avatar" star goes back to future in "Quartermain"

By Borys Kit

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Avatar" hero Sam Worthington is attached to star in "Quatermain," a sci-fi take on the literary hero ...

Thu, May 13, 2010

Cannes directors urge Swiss to back Polanski

CANNES, France (Reuters) - Some of the leading directors at this year's Cannes film festival have signed a petition urging Swiss authorities to reject ...

Wed, May 12, 2010

Yankees' Aceves put on disabled list with back problems

DETROIT (Reuters) - New York Yankees reliever Alfredo Aceves has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with back problems, the team said Wednesday.

Aceves ...

Wed, May 12, 2010

Capuano Working His Way Back

Milwaukee, Wi (WSAU) Former Milwaukee Brewera' starter Chris Capuano took another step forward this week, as he tries to come back from two Tommy ...

Fri, May 07, 2010

"Men in Black" are back -- in 3D

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Alien crime fighters the "Men in Black" are headed back to movie theaters for a third time in a new version ...

Fri, May 07, 2010

German lawmakers back Greek aid package

By Dave Graham

BERLIN (Reuters) - Lawmakers in Berlin and other euro zone capitals on Friday backed emergency aid for Greece, clearing key hurdles for ...

Fri, May 07, 2010

General Growth expected to back Brookfield

By Paritosh Bansal

NEW YORK (Reuters) - General Growth Properties Inc <GGP.N> is expected to ask a bankruptcy court on Friday to approve an ...

Thu, May 06, 2010

Singh flourishes at sunny Sawgrass as back pain eases

By Mark Lamport-Stokes

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - Soaring temperatures gave Vijay Singh reason to smile at the Players Championship on Thursday as the ...

Thu, May 06, 2010

Republican would back Garland for Supreme Court

By Thomas Ferraro

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee said on Thursday he would help moderate jurist Merrick Garland win Senate ...

Wed, May 05, 2010

Key lawmakers back FCC on broadband policy

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress stands ready to write new telecommunications policy, if needed, after a court ruling threw into doubt the government ...

Wed, May 05, 2010

White House: Would back big rise in oil rig liability

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House would back "significantly lifting" a $75 million cap on companies responsible for oil spills, spokesman Robert Gibbs said on ...

Wed, May 05, 2010

U.S. and other big powers back Mideast nuclear arms ban

By Louis Charbonneau

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States, Russia, Britain, France and China voiced support on Wednesday for making the Middle East a ...

Wed, May 05, 2010

Brewers bats back on-track in win vs. Dodgers

LOS ANGELES (TSN-WSAU) Ryan Braun's three-run double keyed a nine- run second inning for Milwaukee, as the Brewers defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers ...

Tue, May 04, 2010

Serena back with a win, Safina slumps in Rome

By Paul Virgo

ROME (Reuters) - World number one Serena Williams announced her return from injury by overpowering Swiss Timea Bacsinszky 7-6 6-1 at the ...

Mon, May 03, 2010

New activity plan seeks to put PE back in school

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. schools and childcare programs could be required to include daily exercise as part of the new National Physical Activity Plan ...

Sat, May 01, 2010

LeBron humbled to win back-to-back MVPs

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Winning the NBA's Most Valuable Player trophy for the second year in a row had been a humbling experience, the Cleveland ...

Sat, May 01, 2010

Bucks Can't Shoot, Head Back To Atlanta

Milwaukee, Wi (WSAU) Game six of their NBA playoff series went bad for the Milwaukee Bucks last night. A rowdy crowd was disappointed as ...

Fri, April 30, 2010

Curry Will Be Back With Pistons

Pistons President Of Basketball Operations Joe Dumars confirmed in a news conference on Wednesday that head coach Michael Curry will be back in Detroit ...

Thu, April 29, 2010

U.S. may earn back aid to automakers: Geithner

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Taxpayers stand a reasonable chance of recouping aid to automakers General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group but still face the risk of ...

Thu, April 29, 2010

Take Back The Night Rally And March In Duluth

The Program for Aid to Victims of Sexual Assault (PAVSA) and community sponsors from throughout the Twin Ports are sponsoring the annual "Take Back ...

Thu, April 29, 2010

Investors pile back into stocks, shed bonds

By Jennifer Ablan

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. fund managers increased their already high exposure to equities in April and decreased bond allocations on ...

Tue, April 27, 2010

Shakira heads to Arizona to back immigrant rights

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Colombian-born pop star Shakira will meet with the mayor of Phoenix this week to help campaign against a new Arizona law ...

Sun, April 25, 2010

Oil groups turn focus back to traditional fields

By Tom Bergin

ALWYN PLATFORM, NORTH SEA (Reuters) - The six-meter high red, blue and gold ball recently painted on the side of the Alwyn ...

Sun, April 25, 2010

U.S. envoy wraps up Mideast visit, back next week

By Jeffrey Heller

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A U.S. Middle East envoy ended a three-day peace mission on Sunday with no sign of any breakthrough ...

Sat, April 24, 2010

Pittsburgh fights back to beat Ottawa, win series

By David Ljunggren

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Matt Cooke scored twice as the Pittsburgh Penguins fought back from a 3-0 deficit to beat the Ottawa Senators ...

Sat, April 24, 2010

Pennetta battles back twice to boost Italy

ROME (Reuters) - Italian Flavia Pennetta fought back in both sets to seal a 6-4 7-5 victory over Czech Republic's Lucie Hradecka in their ...

Fri, April 23, 2010

Lions Draft Suh And Running Back Javid Best

The Lions did as expected and then some in last night’s first round of the NFL draft. Detroit took dominant defensive tackle Ndamukong ...

Thu, April 22, 2010

Bohn takes charge in New Orleans, Duval three back

HOUSTON (Reuters) - American Jason Bohn wielded a red-hot putter to charge two shots clear in the New Orleans Classic first round in Avondale, Louisiana ...

Wed, April 21, 2010

Brewers back to .500 with win over Pirates

PITTSBURGH (TSN-WSAU) - Rickie Weeks and Jody Gerut each hit two- run homers, as the Milwaukee Brewers handled the Pittsburgh Pirates, 8-0, in the middle ...

Wed, April 21, 2010

European flights back to normal Thursday

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European air traffic was likely to be back to normal on Thursday after the end of almost all restrictions related to the ...

Tue, April 20, 2010

Lou Reed is back with experimental music of 1970s

By Cindy Martin

LONDON (Reuters) - It was dismissed as "career suicide" and a joke, and some fans returned the record thinking it was faulty ...

Tue, April 20, 2010

Kylie back with single in June, album in July

LONDON (Reuters) - Australian pop star Kylie Minogue returns to the music scene in June with new single "All the Lovers," the first track from ...

Mon, April 19, 2010

"Back-up Plan" worked well for director Alan Poul

By Bob Tourtellotte

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - It never hurts to have a fall-back position when things don't go as expected, and for first-time ...

Fri, April 16, 2010

Portland's Roy likely back within two weeks after surgery

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Portland Trail Blazers guard Brandon Roy had arthroscopic knee surgery on Friday and is expected to be back in action within ...

Thu, April 15, 2010

Weinstein brothers to take back Miramax

By Elizabeth Guider and Carl DiOrio

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - It seems the Weinstein brothers have fashioned a winning bid for Miramax Films, the ...

Thu, April 15, 2010

Fed officials back "extended period" language

By Mark Felsenthal

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top Federal Reserve officials on Thursday showed little urgency about softening the central bank's commitment to hold rates ...

Thu, April 15, 2010

Bieber, Elton in "Idol Gives Back"

By Jill Serjeant

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Canadian teen idol Justin Bieber and Sir Elton John will take part in a TV charity fund-raiser next ...

Thu, April 15, 2010

Hibbing Scam Victim Gets Money Back

(Hibbing, MN)  --  An elderly Hibbing woman who was scammed out of more than 38-thousand-dollars now has nearly all her money back.  Agent Bill White ...

Wed, April 14, 2010

Lehman seeks $110 million back for tax overpay

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc <LEHMQ.PK> has sued the U.S. government, asking for the return of some $110 million that ...

Tue, April 13, 2010

"Gattaca" director back with sci-fi fable

By Borys Kit

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Gattaca" writer/director Andrew Niccol is working on his next sci-fi movie.

Fox-based producer New Regency is ...

Tue, April 13, 2010

Defensive End Jared Devries Is Back With The Lions

Veteran defensive end Jared DeVries is back with the Lions after being released in February. The team announced Monday that DeVries, who missed last ...

Mon, April 12, 2010

Obama hopes for yuan move, but China pushes back

By Paul Eckert and Tabassum Zakaria

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that China had yet to set a timetable for reforming ...

Mon, April 12, 2010

Outdoor Major League Baseball Is Back

(Minneapolis, MN) -- After more than 15 years of wishing, planning and building, Target Field hosts its first official Twins game today in downtown Minneapolis ...

Sat, April 10, 2010

Tiger Woods swears he is back in contention at Masters

By Steve Keating

AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - The fist pumps were back and so were the profanities he had sworn off as Tiger Woods showed ...

Sat, April 10, 2010

Woods Two Back At The Masters

Two guys from England share the lead at the Masters after the second round at Augusta National, where Tiger Woods is just two shots ...

Fri, April 09, 2010

Russia eyes U.S. adoption freeze after boy sent back

By Conor Humphries

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Friday it planned to suspend adoptions of its children by U.S. citizens after an American ...

Fri, April 09, 2010

France, Italy back Greece, bolster nuclear deals

By James Mackenzie and Muriel Boselli

PARIS (Reuters) - France and Italy backed pledges to help debt-stricken Greece on Friday after a summit meeting at ...

Thu, April 08, 2010

Thai protest TV back on air after confrontation

By Ambika Ahuja

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai protesters stormed a satellite station on Friday, overrunning an army barricade and forcing their TV channel back on ...

Thu, April 08, 2010

Jennifer Lopez solid in formulaic "Back-up Plan"

By Kirk Honeycutt

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "The Back-up Plan" hopes to generate romantic comedy by reversing the normal order of things so that ...

Wed, April 07, 2010

U.S. striker Ching hoping to be back for World Cup

By Simon Evans

MIAMI (Reuters) - United States striker Brian Ching is hopeful he can recover from a hamstring injury in time to get ready ...

Wed, April 07, 2010

TV series "Treme" puts New Orleans back on map

By Jill Serjeant

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - It's been more than four years since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans but sadly the producers of ...

Wed, April 07, 2010

Back To Back Titles For U-Conn Women

Connecticut is perfect again, but this time the Huskies' second straight N-C-A-A women’s national championship took a big detour in the title game ...

Tue, April 06, 2010

Target unit to buy back $900 million in notes

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Target Corp <TGT.N> said on Tuesday that one of its subsidiaries is offering to buy back notes with a principal ...

Sat, April 03, 2010

Raptors fight back for overtime win over Sixers

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The Toronto Raptors rallied for a 128-123 overtime victory over the slumping Philadelphia 76ers Saturday to maintain their advantage for the final ...

Sat, April 03, 2010

"Kumar" goes from White House back to Hollywood

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nine months after leaving Hollywood for the White House, the actor Kal Penn is returning to Tinseltown to reprise his most famous ...

Fri, April 02, 2010

Courtney Love is back with a vengeance

By Cortney Harding

NEW YORK (Billboard) - You don't get an interview with Courtney Love; you get an audience with her.

In six hours ...

Fri, April 02, 2010

Turkish PM says going to U.S., sending back envoy

By Pinar Aydinli

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey said on Friday that it was sending its ambassador back to Washington, a month after he was recalled ...

Wed, March 31, 2010

New data persuades UK cost body to back Lilly drug

LONDON (Reuters) - Eli Lilly's lung cancer drug Alimta has been recommended for use on Britain's state health service as a maintenance treatment ...

Mon, March 29, 2010

'80s stars Hall & Oates back in spotlight

By Ann Donahue

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - When Greg Kurstin, half of esoteric Los Angeles pop duo the Bird and the Bee, speaks of Hall ...

Sun, March 28, 2010

Haiti, donors face huge task to "build back better"

By Pascal Fletcher and Joseph Guyler Delva

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - "Retou ala Vi. Ayiti Pap Peri" (Back to life, Haiti will not die) reads the ...

Fri, March 26, 2010

Four banks fail; FDIC pulls back on loss shares

By Karey Wutkowski

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four small banks across the United States were seized by regulators on Friday evening, ticking up the year bank ...

Fri, March 26, 2010

Placido Domingo back at work after surgery

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Tenor Placido Domingo is back at work in Los Angeles after colon cancer surgery earlier this month, and has started singing ...

Wed, March 24, 2010

I will be back, Marbury tells Chinese fans

BEIJING (Reuters) - Former NBA All Star Stephon Marbury, the highest profile American import to China's domestic league, said he would return to the ...

Mon, March 22, 2010

Obama pay czar to look back at Wall Street pay

By Karey Wutkowski and Steve Eder

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Obama administration pay czar Kenneth Feinberg plans to review past compensation at 419 companies ...

Sun, March 21, 2010

China vows to hit back if targeted by U.S. on yuan

By Langi Chiang and Ken Wills

BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing will retaliate if the United States declares China a currency manipulator and imposes trade sanctions ...

Thu, March 18, 2010

Gov. Candidate Walker Accuses Dems Of Stabbing Firm In The Back

MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker has accused Democrats Jim Doyle and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett of stabbing a local firm in ...

Wed, March 17, 2010

Beckham back in England after surgery

LONDON (Reuters) - David Beckham arrived in England on Wednesday to start his recovery from an Achilles tendon injury that appears certain to rule him ...

Tue, March 16, 2010

Safina to miss Miami with back injury

MOSCOW (Reuters) - World number two Dinara Safina has pulled out of next week's Sony Ericsson Open tournament because of persistent back injury, the ...

Tue, March 16, 2010

Boston's Matsuzaka stressed by back pains

TOKYO (Reuters) - Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka has been hampered by back problems but is set to begin spring training in earnest at ...

Mon, March 15, 2010

Boston back to winning ways with rout of Detroit

BOSTON (Reuters) - The Boston Celtics swept to a confidence-boosting 119-93 win over the Detroit Pistons on Monday, quickly returning to form after losing to ...

Mon, March 15, 2010

Pepsi raising payout, to buy back $15 billion in stock

NEW YORK (Reuters) - PepsiCo Inc <PEP.N> said on Monday it will raise its dividend by 7 percent to $1.92 a share annually ...

Sun, March 14, 2010

AIG holds back $21 million from FP unit payout: source

By Paritosh Bansal

NEW YORK (Reuters) - American International Group Inc <AIG.N> is holding back $21 million from retention bonuses due by Monday to ...

Sat, March 13, 2010

China's Wen pushes back against yuan rise calls

By Benjamin Kang Lim and Langi Chiang

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Sunday spurned foreign calls for the yuan to rise and ...

Sat, March 13, 2010

Greeks back austerity measures, oppose unrest: poll

ATHENS (Reuters) - Most Greeks think draconian austerity measures announced by the government earlier this month were along the right lines and many feel labor ...

Fri, March 12, 2010

Celtics bounce back with win over Pacers

BOSTON (Reuters) - The Boston Celtics were able to rest Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen for the final quarter as they cruised to ...

Fri, March 12, 2010

Ex-Gov. Blagojevich fights back on new "Apprentice"

By Jill Serjeant

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rod Blagojevich has already lost one job. Now the disgraced former governor of Illinois is hoping to avoid ...

Fri, March 12, 2010

UBS urges parliament to back U.S. tax deal: report

ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland's UBS has warned parliamentarians failure to back a deal to end its bitter U.S. tax row with the bank ...

Tue, March 09, 2010

Crown Motors Gets GM Franchises Back

(Holland, MI - WHTC News) - Crown Motors of Holland was told by GM officials yesterday that it will regain the Buick and Cadillac franchises that ...

Sat, March 06, 2010

Cablevision gets ABC back in time for Oscars

By Yinka Adegoke and Sinead Carew

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cablevision Systems Corp customers were able to watch the live broadcast of the Oscars on ...

Sat, March 06, 2010

Chile scales back league championship after earthquake

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean clubs decided on Saturday to suspend this year's two championships and play a single tournament as a result of the ...

Sat, March 06, 2010

Dutch government wants to sell flu vaccines back

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch government wants to sell 21 million unused H1N1 flu vaccine doses back to their manufacturers after they proved unnecessary and ...

Sat, March 06, 2010

Packers Getting Chad Clifton Back

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WTAQ) - It's not a new face, but it is an important one. The Green Bay Packers have retained left tackle ...

Fri, March 05, 2010

Argentina peg Sweden back in Davis Cup slugfest

By Adam Cox

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Argentina's Leonardo Mayer aced his way past Joachim Johansson 5-7 6-3 7-5 6-4 to level the Davis Cup ...

Tue, March 02, 2010

Summers urges business to back financial reform

By Al Yoon

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top White House economic adviser Lawrence Summers on Tuesday urged businesses to embrace financial regulatory reform to prevent ...

Mon, March 01, 2010

Minneapolis Man Shot In Back

(Minneapolis, MN)  --  Minneapolis police are looking for the suspect in a shooting that left a man injured Sunday afternoon.  The victim, who is believed ...

Sun, February 28, 2010

Looking back at Oscar's biggest goof

By Gregg Kilday

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Oscar's campaign season officially ends on Tuesday evening, when ballots are due at Academy headquarters.

But ...

Sat, February 27, 2010

China hits back at gymnast age fraud sanction

By Nick Mulvenney

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has condemned as "extremely regrettable" a decision by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) to cancel Dong Fangxiao's ...

Fri, February 26, 2010

Talk therapy reduces back pain

By Frederik Joelving

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with chronic low-back pain can benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy, a new British report shows.

Low-back ...

Thu, February 25, 2010

Americans back Tiger Woods on U.S. Olympic team

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Tiger Woods' image may be tarnished after admitting to marital infidelities, but most Americans would support him representing the country on a ...

Wed, February 24, 2010

Greek strike halts transport, people back reform

By Renee Maltezou and Ingrid Melander

ATHENS (Reuters) - A one-day general strike crippled Greece's transport and public services on Wednesday but is unlikely ...

Wed, February 24, 2010

Blockbuster exploring strategies to claw back: report

(Reuters) - Blockbuster Inc has hired a law firm and an investment bank to explore how the video rental firm can cut its $1 billion ...

Mon, February 22, 2010

Chargers release top running back Tomlinson

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - LaDainian Tomlinson, who became one of the NFL's best running backs during a nine-year career, has been released by the ...

Mon, February 22, 2010

Survey finds states cutting back on mammograms

By Julie Steenhuysen

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Some U.S. states have begun using controversial new breast cancer screening guidelines to stop offering routine mammograms for ...

Mon, February 22, 2010

Survey finds states cutting back on mammograms

By Julie Steenhuysen

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Some U.S. states have begun using controversial new breast cancer screening guidelines to stop offering routine mammograms for ...

Sun, February 21, 2010

Ex-Treasury secretaries back Volcker rule

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Five former Treasury secretaries urged Congress on Sunday to bar banks that receive federal support from engaging in speculative activity unrelated to ...

Fri, February 19, 2010

Berlin critics back Russia, Romania, Polanski films

By Mike Collett-White

BERLIN (Reuters) - Fittingly for a festival where low-budget movies jostle with big Hollywood names, three small eastern European entries and Roman ...

Wed, February 17, 2010

NBC uses Olympics to lure back lost audience

By Jill Serjeant

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - NBC's costly gamble on the Vancouver Winter Olympics is leaving a hole in its finances but strong ...

Wed, February 17, 2010

Egypt to get back ancient coffin smuggled in 1884

CAIRO (Reuters) - A 3,000-year-old painted coffin smuggled out of Egypt more than a century ago will be returned after U.S. customs inspectors ...

Tue, February 16, 2010

Badgers Welcome Back Jon Leuer

Madison, Wi (WSAU) Wisconsin junior forward Jon Leuer has been out of the lineup since breaking his wrist on Janaury 9th. He returned to ...

Sun, February 14, 2010

Top seed Dementieva fights back to win Paris Indoor title

By Barney Spender

PARIS (Reuters) - World number seven Elena Dementieva came from a set down to defeat Czech Lucie Safarova 6-7 6-1 6-4 to ...

Sat, February 13, 2010

No quad means back to dark ages: Mishin

By Pritha Sarkar

VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Winning the Olympic gold medal without performing a quadruple jump is like going back to the dark ages of ...

Thu, February 11, 2010

Clinton back at work on Haiti after heart procedure

By Michelle Nichols

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton was back to work on Haiti relief and doing 'very well" on ...

Thu, February 11, 2010

Parnevik hopes back injury is not career ending

MIAMI (Reuters) - Sweden's Jesper Parnevik is hoping a back injury will not force him to retire from competitive golf.

"My intention is not ...

Wed, February 10, 2010

Osteopathic care may ease late-pregnancy back pain

By Joene Hendry

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Gentle manipulation from an osteopathic doctor may relieve late-pregnancy back pain that frequently hinders bending, lifting, or ...

Tue, February 09, 2010

Back-to-back snow storms put Congress on ice

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives on Tuesday postponed further action on legislation until later this month as the capital city braced for a ...

Mon, February 08, 2010

Safina pulls out of Dubai with back injury

MOSCOW (Reuters) - World number two Dinara Safina has pulled out of next week's Dubai tennis championships because of continuing problems with a back ...

Fri, February 05, 2010

Leonard Cohen delays Europe tour after back injury

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen has postponed an upcoming European tour by six months after hurting his lower back while exercising, his ...

Fri, February 05, 2010

Obama urges Congress to back small business plan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Saturday appealed to fellow Democrats and rival Republicans to back a plan to use $30 billion in bank ...

Wed, February 03, 2010

Chrysler in talks to take back Detroit-area plant

By Soyoung Kim and Bernie Woodall

DETROIT (Reuters) - Chrysler is in talks to take back a Sterling Heights, Michigan, assembly plant that it had ...

Wed, February 03, 2010

America's Cup has taken step back: Bertarelli

MADRID (Reuters) - The legal wrangling over the 33rd America's Cup has been a significant step backwards for sailing's most prestigious prize, Ernesto ...

Tue, February 02, 2010

Tiger back for Masters? InTrade players bet on it

By Ben Klayman

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Traders are betting there is a better than even chance that top golfer Tiger Woods, embroiled in an adultery ...

Mon, February 01, 2010

Valentines to hold back on spending

By Shradhha Sharma

BANGALORE (Reuters) - Love is less in the air for couples this Valentine's day, as many curb spending on each other ...

Fri, January 29, 2010

Competitive sports tied to teens' back pain

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Years of competitive sports may raise teenagers' risk of developing lower back pain, a new study finds.

The study, of ...

Fri, January 29, 2010

After Haiti quake, traders get back to business

By Patrick Markey

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Garment factories are spinning out T-shirts again and street markets are packed, but Haiti's wrecked capital and damaged ...

Thu, January 28, 2010

51 WI Chrysler, GM Dealers Want Franchises Back

MADISON, Wis. (Midwest Communications) - 51 Wisconsin Chrysler and GM dealers have petitioned to get their franchises back. They were among thousands of dealers throughout ...

Thu, January 28, 2010

Investors cut back on equities: Reuters poll

By Jeremy Gaunt, European Investment Correspondent

LONDON (Reuters) - Global investors cut back on equities in January in the face of worries about the economy ...

Tue, January 26, 2010

NBC, Conan O'Brien back in business

By Nellie Andreeva

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Conan O'Brien is getting "Justice" at NBC.

Days after the network severed ties with the former ...

Mon, January 25, 2010

Miller back in the fold and going for gold

By Brian Homewood

KITZBUEHEL, Austria (Reuters) - The words 'safe' and 'Bode Miller' are not usually found in the same sentence but the world's ...

Mon, January 25, 2010

Schumacher back in Formula One limelight

By Alan Baldwin

STUTTGART, Germany (Reuters) - Michael Schumacher sauntered back into the Formula One limelight in Mercedes overalls Monday to kick off his bid ...

Sun, January 24, 2010

Shell CEO says to scale back on oil sands: report

LONDON (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell is slowing its expansion into high-cost Canadian tar sands and will in future focus on exploration, rather than expensive ...

Sun, January 24, 2010

Neighbors back Afghan peace overtures to Taliban

By Simon Cameron-Moore and Daren Butler

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's neighbors gave their backing on Tuesday to plans to reconcile with Taliban insurgents two ...

Sat, January 23, 2010

Magic need overtime to turn back scrappy Bobcats

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - The Orlando Magic squandered a big lead against Charlotte on Saturday but scored the first 11 points of overtime to ...

Fri, January 22, 2010

NBC facing long road back after Conan O'Brien drama

By Jill Serjeant

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - NBC may have put a public relations nightmare behind it with the departure of "Tonight Show" host Conan ...

Fri, January 22, 2010

Rafael Nadal says needs time to get confidence back

By Ian Ransom

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - An unenthused Rafael Nadal played down his form at the Australian Open and said he would need more time ...

Fri, January 22, 2010

Murray back twinge send shivers down Britain's spine

By Greg Stutchbury

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Andy Murray supporters in the Hisense Arena momentarily held their breath on Friday when the Briton stopped and sunk ...

Fri, January 22, 2010

China lashes back at U.S. over Internet criticism

By Chris Buckley and Ben Blanchard

BEIJING (Reuters) - China hit back hard against U.S. criticism of Beijing's controls over the Internet, saying ...

Thu, January 21, 2010

Actress Mischa Barton sued for back rent on NY apt

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former "O.C." actress Mischa Barton, who was hospitalized last year for psychiatric observation, has now been sued for back rent ...

Thu, January 21, 2010

Brewers Welcome Davis Back To The Rotation

Milwaukee, Wi (WSAU) The Milwaukee Brewers signed free-agent pitcher Doug Davis this week welcoming back the pitcher who was traded to Arizona back in ...

Wed, January 20, 2010

Michael Douglas back as Wall Street's "Gordon Gekko"

LOS ANGELES (Reuters Life!) - Actor Michael Douglas is back as financial tycoon Gordon Gekko with money on his mind at a time when Wall ...

Tue, January 19, 2010

Stock buybacks could be back in vogue in 2010

By Leah Schnurr

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Share buybacks by U.S. corporations could be back in style this year as an improving economy makes ...

Tue, January 19, 2010

DreamWorks' Martin Luther King film back on track

By Steve Gorman

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Plans for a feature film about civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. appeared back on track on ...

Tue, January 19, 2010

U.S. court sends back Abu-Jamal death penalty case

By James Vicini

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday granted an appeal by prosecutors and set aside a ruling that invalidated ...

Mon, January 18, 2010

Ivanovic takes small step on long trek back to top

By Julian Linden

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Serbia's Ana Ivanovic took another small but important step in a long trek she hopes will take her ...

Mon, January 18, 2010

Sheboygan missionaries Back From Haiti

Sheboygan Missionaries

Sheboygan, Wis. (WHBL) - The Sheboygan contingent that recently returned from earthquake ravaged Haiti spoke Monday about their trip.

The group of eight, Diane Henschel ...

Sat, January 16, 2010

Clijsters back at unfamiliar Melbourne Park

By Ian Ransom

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - U.S. Open champion Kim Clijsters, who came out of retirement last year after a two-year break, was left ...

Thu, January 14, 2010

Scientists push "Doomsday Clock" back a minute

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Scientists pushed back the hands on the symbolic Doomsday Clock by one minute citing hopeful developments in nuclear weapons and climate ...

Wed, January 13, 2010

Sharapova back in Melbourne for tilt at second Open crown

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - There were no tell-tale grunts and squeals echoing around the Rod Laver Arena, but the booming serves and sweetly timed groundstrokes were ...

Tue, January 12, 2010

Blair said would back U.S. if Iraq diplomacy failed

By Keith Weir

LONDON (Reuters)- Prime Minister Tony Blair told U.S. President George W. Bush in 2002 that Britain would back military action ...

Mon, January 11, 2010

TCW ex-manager Gundlach fires back after lawsuit

BOSTON (Reuters) - Star bond fund manager Jeffrey Gundlach fired back at his former employer, Trust Company of the West, on Monday, saying the firm ...

Mon, January 11, 2010

U.S. High Court Could Rule On Scaling Back McCain-Feingold Law

WASHINGTON D.C. (WTAQ) - The U.S. Supreme Court will rule as early as Tuesday on a case that could scale back the federal ...

Mon, January 11, 2010

Back at work, Italy's Berlusconi seeks new immunity

By Silvia Aloisi

ROME (Reuters) - On his first day back at work almost a month after he was attacked, Italy's Prime Minister Silvio ...

Mon, January 11, 2010

U.S. scales back H1N1 vaccine, cuts CSL order in half

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The United States has scaled back its supply of H1N1 flu vaccine, cutting its order with Australian firm CSL Ltd in half ...

Sun, January 10, 2010

Seinfeld back to TV with show about marriage

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor and stand-up comic Jerry Seinfeld is headed back to U.S. television with a show about marriage that he says ...

Sat, January 09, 2010

"Friends" star Matt LeBlanc back to TV - as himself

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former "Friends" star Matt LeBlanc is returning to U.S. television for the first time since 2006, playing himself in a ...

Fri, January 08, 2010

If you smoke, watch out for low back pain

By Rachael Myers Lowe

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - If you needed another reason to cut the cigarette habit: Smokers, especially younger smokers, are more ...

Fri, January 08, 2010

Woods could be back in March, says former coach Harmon

LONDON (Reuters) - Tiger Woods' former coach Butch Harmon believes the world number one could return to golf in March.

Woods, who is taking an ...

Fri, January 08, 2010

Burrows back-to-back hat-tricks powers Canucks past Coyotes

By Steve Keating

VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Alex Burrows fired a hat-trick for the second consecutive game and Roberto Luongo recorded his 50th career shutout as ...

Thu, January 07, 2010

Briton Khan wants international sport back in Pakistan

KARACHI (Reuters) - British boxer Amir Khan will try to convince England's cricketers to tour Pakistan in a bid to bring international sport back ...

Thu, January 07, 2010

Pickett Back At Practice

Green Bay, WI (WSAU) Packer nose tackle Ryan Pickett returned to practice yesterday for the first time since aggravating his hamstring injury in the ...

Wed, January 06, 2010

Redskins hire Shanahan to bring back glory years

By Steve Ginsburg

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Washington Redskins hired twice Super Bowl winner Mike Shanahan as their head coach on Wednesday in the latest ...

Mon, January 04, 2010

Plunging home prices pull Manhattan buyers back in

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Home prices in Manhattan fell in the double digits in the fourth quarter, but the markdown pushed buyers into the market ...

Mon, January 04, 2010

Tiger Woods is welcome back in Australia after windfall

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Tiger Woods' squeaky clean image may have taken a battering since his most recent tournament appearance at the Australian Masters but that ...

Mon, January 04, 2010

New guidelines back mammograms starting at age 40

By Julie Steenhuysen

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Mammograms should begin at 40 for women with an average risk of breast cancer and by 30 for high-risk ...

Fri, January 01, 2010

Former hostage Moore arrives back in Britain

LONDON (Reuters) - Computer programer Peter Moore, freed this week two and a half years after being taken hostage by militants in Iraq, arrived back ...

Wed, December 30, 2009

China hits back at U.S. steel pipe decision

BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Thursday decried a U.S. decision to impose duties of 10 to 16 percent on Chinese-made steel pipe, the biggest ...

Wed, December 30, 2009

Nerve stimulation ineffective for low back pain

By Rachael Myers Lowe

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with chronic low back pain who seek relief with transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation or TENS ...

Mon, December 28, 2009

Report: Current Recession Worse Than Back In 1980s

MADISON (WRN) - UW-Madison says the current recession is far worse than the one in the early 1980’s, in the percentage of jobs lost ...

Tue, December 22, 2009

Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler back in rehab

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler has entered rehab for the second time in as many years, he said on Tuesday, after his ...

Tue, December 22, 2009

Business spending holds back economic growth

By Lucia Mutikani

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The economy grew at a much slower pace than previously thought in the third quarter, restrained by weak business ...

Fri, December 18, 2009

"Avatar" director James Cameron back in spotlight

By D.E. Williams

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - James Cameron is "the king of the world" again. "Avatar," the director's first feature since ...

Thu, December 17, 2009

U.S. rolls back AIDS drug prevention trial in Botswana

By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials said on Thursday they will give up on a trial in Botswana ...

Wed, December 16, 2009

PC market bounces back, to grow through 2013

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Global shipments of personal computers bounced back in the third quarter of 2009, a sign that information technology spending will pick ...

Tue, December 15, 2009

JAL soars after most retirees back pension cuts

By Nobuhiro Kubo

TOKYO (Reuters) - Shares of Japan Airlines Corp <9205.T> jumped 4 percent on Wednesday after the struggling carrier said most of ...

Tue, December 15, 2009

Gulf rulers back monetary union plan

By Rania El Gamal and Raissa Kasolowsky

KUWAIT (Reuters) - Gulf Arab countries endorsed a monetary union agreement on Tuesday despite the absence of major ...

Tue, December 15, 2009

Congress should back energy incentives soon: Obama

ALEXANDRIA, Va (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged U.S. lawmakers to create incentives for American households to weatherize their homes and said ...

Mon, December 14, 2009

Citigroup, Wells Fargo to pay back U.S.

By Dan Wilchins

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc and Wells Fargo & Co said they were paying back funds to the U.S. government, in ...

Fri, December 11, 2009

Apple fires back at Nokia in patents battle

By Alexei Oreskovic and Tarmo Virki

SAN FRANCISCO/HELSINKI (Reuters) - Apple Inc accused Nokia of anti-competitive practices and patent infringement on Friday, escalating a ...

Tue, December 08, 2009

Drugmakers back in spotlight as reform amps up

By Susan Heavey

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pharmaceutical companies defended themselves on Tuesday against complaints about rising medicine prices that could reestablish the drug industry as ...

Mon, December 07, 2009

Nurses unions merge, back healthcare overhaul

By Tim Gaynor

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Three nurses unions merged on Monday to form the largest-ever labor organization for U.S. medical professionals, which is ...

Thu, December 03, 2009

Health insurers push back as debate heats up

By Bernie Woodall and Susan Heavey

DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The health insurance industry on Thursday struck back at provisions in Congress' healthcare proposals that ...

Wed, December 02, 2009

Heavy kids may suffer back pain, spinal disc woes

CHICAGO (Reuters Health) - Add severe back pain and spine abnormalities to the list of problems overweight and obese adolescents can develop.

Among a group ...

Tue, December 01, 2009

BOJ emergency funds gesture gets government to back off

By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Hideyuki Sano

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan offered banks more short-term funds after an emergency meeting on Tuesday, relieving ...

Tue, December 01, 2009

Bogut Back, Bucks Hold Off Bulls

Milwaukee, Wi (WSAU) Andrew Bogut was back from injury and had a big night as the Bucks beat Chicago 99-97 at the Bradley Center ...

Mon, November 30, 2009

Geely taps China banks to back $1.8 billion Volvo deal

By George Chen and Prudence Ho

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Geely, the Chinese carmaker picked as the preferred bidder for Ford Motor's <F.N ...

Sun, November 29, 2009

Unbeaten Colts fight back to defeat Texans

HOUSTON (Reuters) - The Indianapolis Colts roared back from a 17-0 deficit to defeat the Houston Texans 35-27 on Sunday and remain one of the ...

Sun, November 29, 2009

Swiss voters back minaret ban - report

By Stephanie Nebehay

GENEVA (Reuters) - Swiss voters have approved a right-wing-backed proposal to ban construction of new minarets, initial projections showed on Sunday, a ...

Sun, November 29, 2009

Swiss voters back minaret ban: report

By Stephanie Nebehay

GENEVA (Reuters) - Swiss voters have approved a right-wing-backed proposal to ban construction of new minarets, initial projections showed on Sunday, a ...

Fri, November 27, 2009

Sauber takes back F1 team from BMW

By Alan Baldwin

LONDON (Reuters) - BMW sold their Formula One team back to founder Peter Sauber on Friday after cancelling a planned takeover by ...

Thu, November 26, 2009

Efforts to roll back insurace minimums start in legislature

MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) - A bill to roll back some costly car insurance requirements gets a hearing at the Capitol.

State Representative John Nygren says ...

Wed, November 25, 2009

Bill Cutting Back New Insurance Rules Gets Public Hearing

MADISON (WRN) - A bill to roll back some costly car insurance requirements gets a hearing at the Capitol.

State Representative John Nygren says there ...

Wed, November 25, 2009

Swede Karlsson just happy to be back for World Cup defense

By Nick Mulvenney

SHENZHEN (Reuters) - After an injury-ravaged season, Robert Karlsson is just happy to be playing golf this week as he teams up ...

Wed, November 25, 2009

Space shuttle Atlantis begins trip back to Earth

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Astronauts aboard space shuttle Atlantis fired their ship's braking rockets on Friday to leave orbit and begin the return ...

Tue, November 24, 2009

GM pays back Germany, signals fewer job cuts

By Tom Kaeckenhoff and Erik Kirschbaum

DUESSELDORF/BERLIN (Reuters) - General Motors <GM.UL> has paid back a loan from Germany and slightly lowered its ...

Mon, November 23, 2009

Senate Leaders Want To Bring Back MN Tax Reciprocity

MADISON (WRN) - State Senate leaders in Wisconsin are sending strong signals that they want to reinstate a tax reciprocity agreement that Minnesota’s governor ...

Thu, November 19, 2009

Sony pushes back profit margin target, eyes 3D TV

By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Mayumi Negishi

TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp <6758.T> pushed back an elusive profit margin target to March 2013, after narrowly ...

Wed, November 18, 2009

Aerosmith members concerned singer back on drugs

By Dean Goodman

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Steven, we love you. But you need to get sober, and we need to find a new singer ...

Wed, November 18, 2009

MUFG results upbeat, scales back Morgan plan

By David Dolan

TOKYO (Reuters) - Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group <8306.T> became the third major Japanese bank to post upbeat results, underscoring the improving ...

Tue, November 17, 2009

Bengals acquire controversial running back Johnson

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Controversial running back Larry Johnson signed a contract on Tuesday to represent the Cincinnati Bengals in a backup role, according to ...

Tue, November 17, 2009

Baghdad's once ravaged zoo comes back to life

By Muhanad Mohammed

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - More than six years after the U.S. invasion left Iraq's main zoo a wasteland of starving animals ...

Mon, November 16, 2009

City Worker Who Stole Rodgers Sign Back On Job

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WTAQ) - The man who stole the Aaron Rodgers Drive street sign is back on the job. 47-year-old Thomas Hodkiewicz was placed ...

Mon, November 16, 2009

Baseball stars, others, to get back Stanford funds

By Anna Driver

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Some of alleged swindler Allen Stanford's investors, including baseball star Johnny Damon, will see their funds returned after ...

Mon, November 16, 2009

Nadal and Verdasco back for Spain for Davis Cup final

By Iain Rogers

MADRID (Reuters) - Top 10 duo Rafael Nadal and Fernando Verdasco have returned to the Spain side for next month's Davis ...

Sun, November 15, 2009

World leaders back delay to final climate deal

By Caren Bohan

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and other world leaders on Sunday supported delaying a legally binding climate pact until ...

Tue, November 10, 2009

Feeling guilty? Give the money back, Safin tells Agassi

PARIS (Reuters) - Marat Safin has come up with an instant remedy to help Andre Agassi clear his conscience after his admission that he lied ...

Mon, November 09, 2009

Toews back in line to help Blackhawks usurp Kings

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Captain Jonathan Toews scored on his return to the lineup as the Chicago Blackhawks romped to a 4-1 victory over the Los ...

Mon, November 09, 2009

Chiefs release controversial back Larry Johnson

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Kansas City Chiefs released controversial running back Larry Johnson on Monday, the day he had been scheduled to return from ...

Sat, November 07, 2009

Pistons' Prince sidelined with ruptured disc in back

DETROIT (Reuters) - Detroit Pistons forward Tayshaun Prince will be out of the line-up indefinitely because of a small rupture of a disc in his ...

Fri, November 06, 2009

No holding back for Alicia Keys on "Freedom"

By Gail Mitchell

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - An unseasonal gust of wind greets Alicia Keys as she steps out of a doorway behind a Beverly ...

Fri, November 06, 2009

Yoko Ono looks back on early activism

By Burton Frierson

NEW YORK (Reuters) - No one knows better than Yoko Ono how far celebrity activism has come in the last 40 years ...

Fri, November 06, 2009

Elton John leaves hospital, back on stage Nov 14

LONDON (Reuters) - British singer Elton John left hospital on Thursday after being treated for a serious case of e-coli bacterial infection and influenza that ...

Thu, November 05, 2009

NWA Pilots Want Licenses Back

EAU CLAIRE (WRN) - The two pilots who overshot a Northwest Airlines plane by 150 miles into Wisconsin are asking the federal government for their ...

Thu, November 05, 2009

Watney produces Shanghai surprise, steady Woods three back

</head> <body> <p>By Nick Mulvenney</p> <p>SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Nick Watney fired an eight-under-par 64 to race into a two-shot lead after the opening round of the WGC-HSBC ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Wed, November 04, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/nov/04/genes-may-be-important-in-back-neck-pain/" title="Full Article: Genes may be important in back, neck pain"> Genes may be important in back, neck pain</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>By Amy Norton</p> <p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A person's genetic makeup may play an important role in the odds of suffering neck or ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Tue, November 03, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/nov/04/kirstie-alley-takes-weight-loss-battle-back-to-tv/" title="Full Article: Kirstie Alley takes weight-loss battle back to TV"> Kirstie Alley takes weight-loss battle back to TV</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Kirstie Alley is to parlay her lengthy weight-loss battle into a U.S. TV series for what the actress called in ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Mon, November 02, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/nov/02/carly-simon-bounces-back-with-homemade-hits-album/" title="Full Article: Carly Simon bounces back with homemade hits album"> Carly Simon bounces back with homemade hits album</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>By Dean Goodman</p> <p>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Carly Simon rarely performs concerts, due to a toxic combination of stage fright and fear of flying.</p> <p>Fans ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Fri, October 30, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/30/songwriters-lure-bassey-back-for-the-performance/" title="Full Article: Songwriters lure Bassey back for "The Performance""> Songwriters lure Bassey back for "The Performance"</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>By Paul Sexton</p> <p>LONDON (Billboard) - One of Britain's most beloved entertainers, with global career sales estimated at 135 million by her label, Shirley ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Thu, October 29, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/29/realnetworks-back-in-the-black-eyes-google-tie-up/" title="Full Article: RealNetworks back in the black, eyes Google tie-up"> RealNetworks back in the black, eyes Google tie-up</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>By Alex Dobuzinskis</p> <p>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. digital media company RealNetworks Inc swung back into the black in the third quarter as cost-cutting ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Thu, October 29, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/29/us-envoy-back-in-jerusalem-to-pursue-peace-talks/" title="Full Article: U.S. envoy back in Jerusalem to pursue peace talks"> U.S. envoy back in Jerusalem to pursue peace talks</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. Middle East Envoy George Mitchell returned to Jerusalem Thursday, in advance of a visit by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Wed, October 28, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/29/running-back-johnson-suspended-by-chiefs-until-nov/" title="Full Article: Running back Johnson suspended by Chiefs until November 9"> Running back Johnson suspended by Chiefs until November 9</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Kansas City Chiefs have suspended running back Larry Johnson until November 9 for "conduct detrimental to the club," the team ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Wed, October 28, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/28/yahoo-begins-journey-back-to-respect-ceo/" title="Full Article: Yahoo begins "journey back to respect": CEO"> Yahoo begins "journey back to respect": CEO</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>By Alexei Oreskovic</p> <p>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc vowed to triple its operating profit margin in the next three years as the Internet company ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Mon, October 26, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/26/mcgwire-back-with-cardinals-as-hitting-coach/" title="Full Article: McGwire back with Cardinals as hitting coach"> McGwire back with Cardinals as hitting coach</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Tony La Russa sprang a surprise on Monday by naming controversial slugger Mark McGwire as his hitting coach after agreeing to ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Sun, October 25, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/26/jets-running-back-washington-breaks-leg/" title="Full Article: Jets' running back Washington breaks leg"> Jets' running back Washington breaks leg</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - New York Jets running back Leon Washington broke his right leg in his team's 38-0 win at Oakland and underwent ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Sun, October 25, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/26/saints-come-marching-back-for-sixth-straight-win/" title="Full Article: Saints march back for sixth straight win"> Saints march back for sixth straight win</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>By Simon Evans</p> <p>MIAMI (Reuters) - The New Orleans Saints overhauled a 21-point deficit for a superb comeback victory against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Sat, October 24, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/24/stunned-leader-matteson-pulls-clear-after-back-to-/" title="Full Article: Stunned leader Matteson pulls clear after back-to-back 61s"> Stunned leader Matteson pulls clear after back-to-back 61s</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>PHOENIX (Reuters) - American Troy Matteson was close to disbelief after charging into a three-stroke lead in Saturday's third round of the Arizona Open ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Fri, October 23, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/23/galleon-insider-trading-web-extends-back-to-1990s/" title="Full Article: Galleon insider trading web extends back to 1990s"> Galleon insider trading web extends back to 1990s</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>By Alexandria Sage and Clare Baldwin</p> <p>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - An informant in the Galleon Group insider trading scandal had a history of sending tips ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Thu, October 22, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/22/officials-take-aim-at-executive-pay/" title="Full Article: U.S. cuts pay at bailed out firms, BofA hits back"> U.S. cuts pay at bailed out firms, BofA hits back</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>By Karey Wutkowski and David Lawder</p> <p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. pay czar on Thursday slashed compensation for top earners at seven bailed-out companies ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Wed, October 21, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/22/hiroshima-mayor-says-majority-back-2020-plan/" title="Full Article: Hiroshima mayor says majority back 2020 plan"> Hiroshima mayor says majority back 2020 plan</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>TOKYO (Reuters) - The mayor of Hiroshima says 70 percent of the city's citizens support the proposal to bid for the 2020 Olympics along ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Wed, October 21, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/21/packers-bring-back-green/" title="Full Article: Packers bring back Ahman Green"> Packers bring back Ahman Green</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Green Bay Packers have brought running back Ahman Green back to the club as a replacement for the injured DeShawn ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Mon, October 19, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/19/falcons-defensive-back-williams-ruled-out-for-seas/" title="Full Article: Falcons defensive back Williams ruled out for season"> Falcons defensive back Williams ruled out for season</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>ATLANTA (Reuters) - Atlanta Falcons defensive back Brian Williams will miss the rest of the season because of a knee injury, the team said on ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Mon, October 19, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/19/more-mri-machines-may-mean-more-back-surgeries/" title="Full Article: More MRI machines may mean more back surgeries"> More MRI machines may mean more back surgeries</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>By Amy Norton</p> <p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study suggests that the increasing availability of MRI scanners may be feeding an increase in ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Fri, October 16, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/16/ear-acupuncture-curbs-back-pain-in-pregnant-women/" title="Full Article: Ear acupuncture curbs back pain in pregnant women"> Ear acupuncture curbs back pain in pregnant women</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A special acupuncture technique can help ease lower back and pelvic pain in pregnant women, new research shows.</p> <p>In a ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Thu, October 15, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/15/google-results-beat-expectations-shares-up/" title="Full Article: Google back on growth track, eyes deals"> Google back on growth track, eyes deals</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>By Alexei Oreskovic</p> <p>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc's growth machine is back in gear.</p> <p>The world's No. 1 search engine not only ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Thu, October 15, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/15/bigby-back-practice-pack/" title="Full Article: Bigby Back At Practice For Packers"> Bigby Back At Practice For Packers</a></h2> <p>Green Bay, Wi (WSAU) Green Bay Packer starting safety Atari Bigby returned to practice on Wednesday. He took part in his first full workout ...</p> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Wed, October 14, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/14/obama-asks-congress-to-back-new-payments-to-elderl/" title="Full Article: Obama asks Congress to back new payments to elderly"> Obama asks Congress to back new payments to elderly</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>By David Alexander</p> <p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday proposed another $13 billion in spending next year -- or $250 per person -- to help ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Wed, October 14, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/14/long-term-monkey-tests-back-oxfords-gene-therapy/" title="Full Article: Long-term monkey tests back Oxford's gene therapy"> Long-term monkey tests back Oxford's gene therapy</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>LONDON (Reuters) - Long-term tests on monkeys using Oxford BioMedica's gene therapy ProSavin suggest it can treat Parkinson's disease without causing the jerky ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Tue, October 13, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/13/chinas-super-rich-bounce-back-from-financial-crisi/" title="Full Article: China's super-rich bounce back from financial crisis"> China's super-rich bounce back from financial crisis</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>By Ben Blanchard</p> <p>BEIJING (Reuters) - China's super-rich have bounced back from the financial crisis with a vengeance, and China now has more known ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Tue, October 13, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/13/asian-wealth-slides-rich-tiptoe-back-into-markets/" title="Full Article: Asian wealth slides, rich tiptoe back into markets"> Asian wealth slides, rich tiptoe back into markets</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>By Neil Chatterjee</p> <p>SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The number of high net-worth individuals in Asia Pacific slumped 14 percent in 2008 and they lost over a ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Tue, October 13, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/13/chinas-super-rich-bounce-back-from-financial-crisi/" title="Full Article: China's super-rich bounce back from financial crisis"> China's super-rich bounce back from financial crisis</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>By Ben Blanchard</p> <p>BEIJING (Reuters) - China's super-rich have bounced back from the financial crisis with a vengeance, and China now has more known ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Sun, October 11, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/11/sub-zero-calls-workers-back-line/" title="Full Article: Sub-Zero calls workers back to line"> Sub-Zero calls workers back to line</a></h2> <p>FITCHBURG, Wis. (WSAU) - Workers are being called back to SubZero-Wolf plants in Fitchburg and Phoenix, Arizona.</p> <p>That company's luxury refrigerators, freezers and wine ...</p> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Fri, October 09, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/10/rapper-drake-heading-back-to-studio-post-injury/" title="Full Article: Rapper Drake heading back to studio post-injury"> Rapper Drake heading back to studio post-injury</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>By Gary Graff</p> <p>DETROIT (Billboard) - With his knee nearly healed from a July stage injury, Drake says he's ready to get back to ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Fri, October 09, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/10/late-rally-by-internationals-puts-life-back-into-c/" title="Full Article: Late rally by Internationals puts life back into Cup"> Late rally by Internationals puts life back into Cup</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>By Mark Lamport-Stokes</p> <p>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A gritty fightback by the Internationals for the second day in a row left the Presidents Cup hanging ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Fri, October 09, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/09/france-confirms-will-hand-back-egyptian-murals/" title="Full Article: France confirms will hand back Egyptian murals"> France confirms will hand back Egyptian murals</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>PARIS (Reuters) - France will return five segments of an ancient Egyptian tomb mural held by the Louvre museum, committee, Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand said ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Thu, October 08, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/08/republicans-urge-obama-to-roll-back-buy-american/" title="Full Article: Republicans urge Obama to roll back "Buy American""> Republicans urge Obama to roll back "Buy American"</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>By Doug Palmer</p> <p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans urged President Barack Obama on Thursday to roll back "Buy American" provisions of this year's economic stimulus ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Thu, October 08, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/08/hitchhikers-guide-back-with-6th-book-in-trilogy/" title="Full Article: Hitchhiker's Guide back with 6th book in "trilogy""> Hitchhiker's Guide back with 6th book in "trilogy"</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>By Mike Collett-White</p> <p>LONDON (Reuters) - Don't Panic. "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" is back with a sixth installment of the absurd ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Thu, October 08, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/08/morgan-stanley-back-in-black-but-goldman-dominates/" title="Full Article: Morgan Stanley back in black, but Goldman dominates"> Morgan Stanley back in black, but Goldman dominates</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>By Steve Eder</p> <p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley <MS.N> likely broke a string of three straight losses in the third quarter, while chief ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Wed, October 07, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/07/france-ready-to-hand-back-egyptian-murals/" title="Full Article: France ready to hand back Egyptian murals"> France ready to hand back Egyptian murals</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>PARIS (Reuters) - France is ready to hand back five fragments of ancient Egyptian tomb wall paintings acquired by the Louvre museum between 2000 and ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Wed, October 07, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/07/tauscher-expected-back-pack/" title="Full Article: Tauscher Expected Back With Pack"> Tauscher Expected Back With Pack</a></h2> <p>Green Bay, Wi (WSAU) Auburndale native Mark Tauscher could be back in the Packer lineup when they take on the Lions after the bye ...</p> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Tue, October 06, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/06/notebook-pcs-outpace-weak-back-to-school-sales/" title="Full Article: Notebook PCs outpace weak back-to-school sales"> Notebook PCs outpace weak back-to-school sales</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - While most retailers saw bleak sales this back-to-school season, consumer electronics chains saw renewed demand for notebook personal computers, according to ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Tue, October 06, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/06/idol-giving-back-for-a-third-time/" title="Full Article: "Idol" giving back for a third time"> "Idol" giving back for a third time</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>By Nellie Andreeva</p> <p>LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "American Idol" is bringing back its "Idol Gives Back" charitable special on April 21 after a yearlong ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Mon, October 05, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/05/bofas-brings-back-iconic-merrill-lynch-logo/" title="Full Article: BofA's brings back iconic Merrill Lynch logo"> BofA's brings back iconic Merrill Lynch logo</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp <BAC.N> will spend as much as $20 million in the fourth quarter of 2009 to relaunch ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Mon, October 05, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/05/macha-will-be-back/" title="Full Article: Macha Will Be Back"> Macha Will Be Back</a></h2> <p>Milwaukee, Wi (WSAU) Ken Macha will return as Brewers manager next season. General Manager Doug Melvin made the announcement before yesterday's game. The ...</p> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Mon, October 05, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/05/video-msu-quarterback-keith-nichol-following-msus-/" title="Full Article: VIDEO: MSU Quarterback Keith Nichol, Running Back Larry Caper and DC Pat Narduzzi"> VIDEO: MSU Quarterback Keith Nichol, Running Back Larry Caper and DC Pat Narduzzi</a></h2> <p> <object width="425" height="344"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/E7CvVo46_HI&hl=en&fs=1&" /> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/E7CvVo46_HI&hl=en&fs=1&" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> </object> </p> <p> <object width="425" height="344"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pjyfOKWVIqU&hl=en&fs=1&" /> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pjyfOKWVIqU&hl=en&fs=1&" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> </object> </p> <p> <object width="425" height="344"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/V9aDeWXjeBY&hl=en&fs=1&" /> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/V9aDeWXjeBY&hl=en&fs=1&" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> </object> </p> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Fri, October 02, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/02/president-and-first-lady-back-chicago-2016-bid/" title="Full Article: President and First Lady back Chicago 2016 bid"> President and First Lady back Chicago 2016 bid</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>By Paul Radford</p> <p>COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Chicago played its two trump cards on Friday, U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle both making ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Thu, October 01, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/01/bjorn-bounces-back-with-sparkling-64-in-scotland/" title="Full Article: Bjorn bounces back with sparkling 64 in Scotland"> Bjorn bounces back with sparkling 64 in Scotland</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>By Norman Dabell</p> <p>ST ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) - Four days after losing out in the Seve Trophy team event, Thomas Bjorn bounced back to take ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Thu, October 01, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/01/nadal-back-women-cash-in-at-revamped-china-open/" title="Full Article: Nadal back, women cash in at revamped China Open"> Nadal back, women cash in at revamped China Open</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>By Nick Mulvenney</p> <p>BEIJING (Reuters) - World number two Rafa Nadal returns to action at the China Open next week but for once the top ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Wed, September 30, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/oct/01/flavor-flav-heads-back-to-high-school/" title="Full Article: Flavor Flav heads back to high school"> Flavor Flav heads back to high school</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>By James Hibberd</p> <p>LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - That clock around Flavor Flav's neck says it's time to return to reality TV.</p> <p>The ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Wed, September 30, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/sep/30/a-relief-lower-back-pain-unlikely-to-mean-cancer/" title="Full Article: A relief? Lower back pain unlikely to mean cancer"> A relief? Lower back pain unlikely to mean cancer</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>By Megan Brooks</p> <p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Your lower back pain may be killing you, but there's some good news: Such pain is ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Tue, September 29, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/sep/29/bucks-get-back-work/" title="Full Article: Bucks Get Back To Work"> Bucks Get Back To Work</a></h2> <p>Milwaukee, Wi (WSAU) Andrew Bogut says the Milwaukee Bucks are better than what the pundits say....and he thinks they could sneak up on ...</p> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Tue, September 29, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/sep/29/bnp-paribas-hikes-capital-to-pay-back-state-early/" title="Full Article: BNP Paribas hikes capital, to pay back state early"> BNP Paribas hikes capital, to pay back state early</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>By Marcel Michelson</p> <p>PARIS (Reuters) - BNP Paribas <BNPP.PA>, France's biggest bank by market capitalization, on Tuesday joined the rush to pay back ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Mon, September 28, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/sep/28/xerox-to-buy-affiliated-computer-for-64-billion/" title="Full Article: Xerox to buy ACS to expand back office services"> Xerox to buy ACS to expand back office services</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>By Franklin Paul</p> <p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Xerox Corp <XRX.N> plans to buy Affiliated Computer Services Inc <ACS.N> for $5.5 billion to ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Wed, September 23, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/sep/24/citi-to-cut-back-us-branches-to-six-cities-report/" title="Full Article: Citi to cut back U.S. branches to six cities: report"> Citi to cut back U.S. branches to six cities: report</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc <C.N>, the bank bailed out with $45 billion by the U.S. government, plans to cut down its ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Wed, September 23, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/sep/23/clijsters-welcomes-back-henin-to-top-flight-tennis/" title="Full Article: Clijsters welcomes back Henin to top flight tennis"> Clijsters welcomes back Henin to top flight tennis</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. Open champion Kim Clijsters hailed the return of compatriot Justine Henin to professional tennis as "brilliant."</p> <p>"I think that Justine ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Tue, September 22, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/sep/22/recession-pulls-us-senior-citizens-back-to-work-su/" title="Full Article: Recession pulls U.S. senior citizens back to work: survey"> Recession pulls U.S. senior citizens back to work: survey</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The worst U.S. economic recession in 70 years is forcing senior citizens out of retirement, leaving them fighting for jobs in ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Tue, September 22, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/sep/22/exhibit-gives-a-back-room-glimpse-of-world-war-two/" title="Full Article: Exhibit gives a back room glimpse of World War Two"> Exhibit gives a back room glimpse of World War Two</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>By Nick Olivari</p> <p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Documents and personal letters from world leaders provide a glimpse of the back drop to key historical events ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Mon, September 21, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/sep/21/former-running-back-walker-signs-up-for-martial-ar/" title="Full Article: Former running back Walker signs up for martial arts"> Former running back Walker signs up for martial arts</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former Heisman trophy winner and twice NFL Pro Bowl running back Herschel Walker has signed a multi-fight contract to compete in ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Mon, September 21, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/sep/21/eu-details-evidence-to-back-intel-antitrust-fine/" title="Full Article: EU details evidence to back Intel antitrust fine"> EU details evidence to back Intel antitrust fine</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>By Foo Yun Chee</p> <p>BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Antitrust regulators on Monday detailed evidence from Intel clients that led to the European Commission's record 1 ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Sun, September 20, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/sep/20/tv-series-shows-broken-new-jersey-city-fighting-ba/" title="Full Article: TV series shows broken New Jersey city fighting back"> TV series shows broken New Jersey city fighting back</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>By Christine Kearney</p> <p>NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) - Just 8 miles across the Hudson River from New York City, the largest city in New Jersey ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Thu, September 17, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/sep/17/more-iaea-nations-back-non-nuclear-mideast-in-vote/" title="Full Article: More IAEA nations back non-nuclear Mideast in vote"> More IAEA nations back non-nuclear Mideast in vote</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>By Mark Heinrich</p> <p>VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear assembly on Thursday adopted a resolution urging all Middle East nations to foreswear atomic bombs ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Thu, September 17, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/sep/17/former-vice-president-cheney-undergoing-back-surge/" title="Full Article: Former Vice President Cheney undergoing back surgery"> Former Vice President Cheney undergoing back surgery</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Vice President Dick Cheney was undergoing surgery on Thursday to treat an often-debilitating back condition caused by pressure on the nerves ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Wed, September 16, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/sep/16/citi-to-pay-back-us-when-recovery-more-evident/" title="Full Article: Citi to pay back U.S. when recovery more evident"> Citi to pay back U.S. when recovery more evident</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc <C.N> plans to pay back $20 billion it owes the government when the bank sees more concrete signs ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Wed, September 16, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/sep/16/the-beatles-turn-us-charts-back-to-1960s/" title="Full Article: The Beatles turn U.S. charts back to 1960s"> The Beatles turn U.S. charts back to 1960s</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Beatles boasted some of the best-selling albums on the U.S. pop chart on Wednesday after nostalgic fans scooped up ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Tue, September 15, 2009</p> <h2><a 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playing macho men in two decades of movies and television: tough, taciturn ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Mon, September 14, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/sep/14/state-aid-to-magna-led-opel-draws-european-scrutin/" title="Full Article: Magna sees Opel paying back state loans by 2015"> Magna sees Opel paying back state loans by 2015</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>By Christiaan Hetzner and Philip Blenkinsop</p> <p>FRANKFURT/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Magna <MGa.TO> will cut about 10,500 Opel jobs in Europe, the bulk in ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Thu, September 10, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/sep/11/disney-says-no-plans-to-bring-back-jackson-3d-film/" title="Full Article: Disney says no plans to bring back Jackson 3D film"> Disney says no plans to bring back Jackson 3D film</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>By Sue Zeidler</p> <p>ANAHEIM, California (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co on Thursday dashed fan speculation that it plans to resurrect the Michael Jackson 3-D film ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p class="publish-date">Thu, September 10, 2009</p> <h2><a href="/news/articles/2009/sep/10/yoga-may-ease-chronic-back-pain/" title="Full Article: Yoga may ease chronic back pain"> Yoga may ease chronic back pain</a></h2> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title/> </head> <body> <p>By Amy Norton</p> <p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - "Oh, my aching back!" may be heard less frequently as people with chronic lower back pain find ...</p></body></html> </div><!-- end sec-article-container --> <div class="sec-article-container clearfix"> <p 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